The Handoff Pack (Free Download)
Everything to hand the other people who care for your child, in one pack: the one-page brief for a grandparent or sitter, and the start-of-year school packet for the nurse, teacher, and coach.
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“The first wealth is health.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Make the everyday health decisions without panic or oversimplification: the inhaler, the statin, the supplement aisle. The questions everyone argues about, read against the evidence that survives a second look. General education, never a substitute for a clinician who knows you.
Blood Pressure
The three-lever model (volume, pump, pipes), the lever-by-lever audit, and the data to bring to your next visit.
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Catching flares early to cut steroid bursts: the journal, peak flow, and listening at home.
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The House Is Part of the Treatment
The asthma-friendly home comes down to a few high-yield fixes. Where mold hides, why a smoke-free house matters most, and which gadgets are just theater.
Start at the Bottom of the Ladder
Saline nasal rinsing is cheap, evidence-based care for the sinus inflammation that rides with asthma. How a rinse actually helps, and the tap-water safety rule.
No Sport Is Off the Table
Every sport is playable with asthma, each just asks something different of the airway. A plain map of the popular ones, the honest read on chlorinated pools and ice rinks, and how to set each one up so the kid keeps playing.
Your Calm Is Part of the Treatment
During a child's asthma flare, your calm is part of the treatment. Panic tightens the airway and the child reads your face, so how you steady yourself matters.
The Trigger You Shouldn't Avoid
Exercise triggers some asthma flares, but fitness protects, so pulling your child off the field backfires. Warm-ups, a pre-exercise puff, and keeping the sport.
What Working to Breathe Looks Like
Learn the signs of trouble breathing before it becomes an emergency. Retractions, flaring, grunting, color changes, and why your gut feeling counts as data.