Asthma Information Handbook for Early Care and Education Providers eBooK -Legal s

Purpose: As an early care and education provider, you play a major role in the health and safety of the children in your care. With the current asthma rate among California’s youngest children (0-5 years) at almost 10 percent, it is estimated that a classroom or center with 20 children may have two or more children with asthma in it.rnrnThus, it is essential that early care and education providers understand asthma and know how to provide the highest-quality care for children with asthma. With proper care, most children with asthma can lead normal, active lives and can enter school with the same abilities as other children.rnrnFor this purpose, the Asthma Information Packet for Early Care and Education Providers was designed to cover the following topics:rnrn* Basic information on asthmarn* How to improve the early care and education environment to reduce asthma triggersrn* How to administer asthma medicationrn* How to handle asthma emergenciesrnrnWhat\'s is Asthma? Asthma is a chronic disease of the respiratory system in which the airway occasionally constricts, becomes inflamed, and is lined with excessive amounts of mucus, often in response to one or more triggers. These episodes may be triggered by such things as exposure to an environmental stimulant (or allergen), cold air, warm air, moist air, exercise or exertion, or emotional stress. In children, the most common triggers are viral illnesses such as those that cause the common cold. This airway narrowing causes symptoms such as wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. The airway constriction responds to bronchodilators. Between episodes, most patients feel well but can have mild symptoms and they may remain short of breath after exercise for longer periods of time than the unaffected individual. The symptoms of asthma, which can range from mild to life threatening, can usually be controlled with a combination of drugs and environmental changes.rnrnPublic attention in the developed world has recently focused on asthma because of its rapidly increasing prevalence, affecting up to one in four urban children.rnrn_ _rn| | | | _ _rn| | _____ ____ _____| | _| |_ ___ ____ ____ _____ ____ _| |_ ___rn| || ___ |/ _ (____ | | (_ _) _ \\ / ___) ___) ___ | _ (_ _)/___)rn| || ____( (_| / ___ | | | || |_| | | | | | ____| | | || |_|___ |rn\\_)_____)\\___ \\_____|\\_) \\__)___/|_| |_| |_____)_| |_| \\__|___/rn(_____|rnrnrn-LEGAL TORRENTSrnrnPurpose:rnrncreate a balance, share the already free stuff,rnpublic domain works, freeware, free music,rnfree ebooks, articles, manifestos, movie trailers, and more.rnrnshow the copyright owners that torrentrnwebsites shouldn\'t bear the responsibilityrnof what their users upload, torrent websitesrnare very much similar to google..rnrnusers upload what they want to upload,rndownload what they want to download,rnand search for what they want to search..rnrnby creating this balance and sharing the already freernstuff, we hope to take the pressure of torrent websites..rnrn_ _rn| | | | _ _rn| | _____ ____ _____| | _| |_ ___ ____ ____ _____ ____ _| |_ ___rn| || ___ |/ _ (____ | | (_ _) _ \\ / ___) ___) ___ | _ (_ _)/___)rn| || ____( (_| / ___ | | | || |_| | | | | | ____| | | || |_|___ |rn\\_)_____)\\___ \\_____|\\_) \\__)___/|_| |_| |_____)_| |_| \\__|___/rn(_____|