Brochures, Fact Sheets, and Action Plans

You can control your asthma and avoid an attack by taking your medicine exactly as your doctor or other medical professional tells you to do and by avoiding things that can cause an attack. With your doctor’s help, make your own asthma management plan so that you know what to do based on your own symptoms. Here are helpful resources for you:

You Can Control Your Asthma [PDF – 3.98 MB]

This brochure contains the basic facts about asthma—what it is, its effects, and how it is diagnosed and treated.

Asthma Care: Be Ready for Natural Disasters [PDF – 116 KB]

Information about asthma care before, during, and after a hurricane, tropical storm, or flooding.

Asthma Action Plan

Work with your doctor or other medical professional to use this plan. Write down how to manage your asthma both routinely and during an attack. Look on the back for a list of possible asthma triggers and ways to avoid them.

Asthma and Outdoor Air Pollution [PDF – 499 KB]

This fact sheet provides information for people with asthma on understanding and using outdoor air quality warnings.