Continuing Education Contact Hours: 1.00
Course Objectives:
This in-service will help the professional caregiver learn how to identify risk factors for contracting asthma as well as understand the background into genetic information that may be associated with the condition. This in-service also recognizes the critical role allied health professionals play in educating and caring for patients with asthma. The learner will understand the common complications associated with asthma. This in-service also provides information on how asthma affects children, pregnant women and the elderly in different ways and steps that each group can take in their fight against asthmas, knowledge that helps reduce the frequency and severity of asthma attacks in a variety of environments and steps that can be taken to create a cleaner, safer and healthier home environment.