The American Lung Association’s Asthma Guidelines for Health Care Professionals course is a free training designed to help health care professionals learn and apply guidelines-based asthma care.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Define the role of asthma severity and control in Stepwise Therapy;
• Utilize SMART (Single Maintenance and Rescue Therapy) for the appropriate patients with asthma;
• Determine appropriate asthma medications and proper inhaler techniques;
• Guide patients in allergen mitigation efforts; and
• Provide resources to support patient asthma self-management.

This continuing education activity is provided by AffinityCE and American Lung Association (ALA). This activity provides continuing education credit for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and nurse practitioners. A statement of participation is available to other attendees.

This program has been approved for 1.0 contact hour Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory Care, 9425 N MacArthur Blvd, Ste 100, Irving TX 75063.