Qualifications for Red Alert Program
Qualifications for Red Alert Program
• History of loss of consciousness, mechanical ventilation, or ICU admission secondary to asthma
• More than three prior hospitalizations due to asthma
• Chronic or frequent systemic steroid use
• Persistent, moderate or severe airway obstruction while on medications
• Poor adherence to prescribed treatment
• Disregard of asthma symptoms by patient or family
• Depression
• Manipulative use of asthma (e.g., a threat of an asthma attack to avoid discipline)
• Age-inappropriate self-care
• Dysfunctional family
• Adolescence
• Parent/staff conflict over asthma management
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