The "Air-Maze" (How Lungs Work)
These are the two balloon-like bags in your chest that help you breathe.
What are Lungs?
This L-shaped tool helps puff medicine straight into your lungs.
What is an Inhaler?
This fluffy stuff on cats and dogs might make a person with asthma sneeze or wheeze.
What is Pet Dander/Hair?
This is the whistling sound your chest might make when it’s hard to breathe.
What is a Wheeze?
At school, if your chest feels tight or you start to cough during recess, you should tell this person right away.
Who is a teacher, coach, or any adult who works in the school?
When you have asthma, the tiny "straws" or tubes in your lungs do this, making it hard for air to get through.
What is squeeze or get tight?
This is the "A" name of the medicine that helps open your breathing tubes fast.
What is Albuterol?
This "stinky" thing comes from cigarettes or campfires and can bother your lungs.
What is Smoke?
True or False: You can "catch" asthma from a friend like a cold.
What is False—Asthma isn't contagious!
You should always do this with soap and water to keep from getting sick.
What is Wash your hands?
True or False: People with asthma have "Super Lungs" that can breathe underwater.
What is False?
This clear plastic tube attaches to your inhaler to help the medicine "float" so it’s easier to breathe in
What is a Spacer?
These tiny yellow grains come from flowers and trees in the springtime.
What is Pollen?
You might feel like a heavy animal is sitting on this part of your body.
What is your Chest?
This is the room in the school where your inhaler and medicine are kept safe and ready for you.
What is the Main Office or Nursing Office?
These are the tiny "balloons" at the very ends of your lung tubes that swap old air for fresh air.
What are Alveoli?
After using some inhalers, you should do this with water to keep your mouth clean and healthy.
What is Rinse and Spit?
These tiny, "bugs" love to hide in dusty pillows and carpets.
What are Dust Mites?
This is a common "tickle" in your throat that happens a lot at night if your asthma is acting up.
What is a Cough?
True or False: It is ok to share your asthma medication with your friends.
What is False? Never share your medications.
This strong muscle sits under your lungs and moves up and down like a see-saw to help you breathe.
What is the Diaphragm?
This is the "B" word for medicine that makes your breathing tubes get wider.
What is a Bronchodilator?
Sometimes, breathing in this type of air on a snowy day can make your lungs feel tight.
What is Cold?
It is called this when you feel like you can't catch your breath after running.
What is Short of Breath?
This is the name of the special piece of paper your doctor wrote that tells everyone exactly how to help with your asthma.
What is an Asthma Health Plan, Action Plan, or Emergency Plan?