Banner Children’s provides a comprehensive Asthma Education program, using both inpatient and outpatient services to best treat children suffering from asthma. 

The Asthma Education program provides individualized education to patients, covering such topics as triggers, warning signs, symptoms, testing, medication and treatments, with specifics based on each patient’s needs. The staff also provides home management plans, organized to help a patient control his or her asthma after discharge.

In the hospital, patients are offered the Pulmonary Function Test to rate how well they are breathing. Patients can request these tests several times a year to track improvement based on a home management plan.

At home, Banner Children’s Asthma Education program supports the use of Peak Flow Meters, which enable a patient to monitor their breathing at home without the assistance of medical staff.

Included in each education plan is Banner Children’s Asthma Education book, a comprehensive guide for parents and patients that can be used as a resource away from the hospital.

For more information on Banner Children's Asthma Education program, please contact Traci Arney RN, MN, NP-C, AE-C at 480-512-3282 or through email.

Banner Children’s also supports many programs and services throughout the Valley for children with asthma, helping to teach children to lead healthy lives in control of their asthma. Other programs include:

Asthma Attackers
This swim program helps children live a healthy, active life despite having asthma by using swimming to provide both physician and breathing exercises.

Camp Not-A-Wheeze
In association with the American Lung Association, Banner Children’s sends campers to this annual asthma camp every summer.

Phoenix Allergy Network
Parents with children who have severe or life-threatening food allergies can benefit from this support network.

Arizona Asthma Coalition
Banner Children's is a proud sponsor of the annual Arizona Asthma Coalition Conference.