Our Team Guides and key programme staff have current training in asthma first aid.

Our staff do not carry Asthma Relivers (Ventolin) in their first aid kits for our regular Urban Challenge Programs, only on our Urban Odyssey Expeditions.

We recommend you send along 2 relievers (as well as their preventative medication) for your child/ward, one for them to carry at all times and another to give to their Team School Teacher to carry.

Response times for Medical Assistance may vary, espcecially when in the more remote locations during Urban Odyssey Programs.

Please use the following information from Asthma Australia to assist when selecting the category/severity in the medical information in regards to your child / ward’s asthma:

• Infrequent Intermittent - short, isolated episodes, usually in response to a respiratory infection or environmental allergen.
• Frequent Intermittent - episodes happen every 6-8 weeks or less, with minimal symptoms in between.
• Persistent - more frequent symtoms and attacks. Please provide detail as to mild, moderate or severe.

Please note down signs, frequency and severity, triggers, medications plan and daily management details, etc. You may also like to email your child's / ward's management plan This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please also note anything different (to the below Asthma First Aid) your child / ward may need in they have an asthma attack.

The Urban Challenge will follow the below Asthma First Aid in the event of an attack.