Know what triggers your child s asthma, so together you can work to avoid or minimize exposure. Some day-care centers may be reluctant to administer the needed medication. Offer to teach all staff involved. Help them to understand that not offering medication in the early stages can lead to more severe symptoms, which become far more difficult to handle. Older children may be able to administer their medication via an inhaler by themselves.
Some schools only allow inhalers to be used in the nurse s office.
If your child is able to know when and how to take the medication, work with the school to allow him or her to carry the inhaler at all times, especially to gym. This can avoid delay and progression of symptoms. Have a second inhaler on hand in the nurse s office as a backup. Keep track of doses used, and replace the back-up before it runs out. Children under age five will usually use a nebulizer instead of an inhaler.