Dr. Gail Brottman

to other community members that asthma is a controllable disease, that it does not have to be limiting, that if you have questions about medications, that you should ask your healthcare provider, that if there are trust issues with the person that you're seeing, you need to just see somebody else. I work very closely.

to other community members that asthma is a controllable disease, that it does not have to be limiting, that if you have questions about medications, that you should ask your healthcare provider, that if there are trust issues with the person that you're seeing, you need to just see somebody else. I work very closely.

In fact, I also have a clinic at North Point, which has been a great advocate for the community of color in North Minneapolis. So I think that from a public health perspective also, how people hear things and who the message is coming from is absolutely critical. And so I'm just going to put that out there if people want to know what they can do to help, right?

In fact, I also have a clinic at North Point, which has been a great advocate for the community of color in North Minneapolis. So I think that from a public health perspective also, how people hear things and who the message is coming from is absolutely critical. And so I'm just going to put that out there if people want to know what they can do to help, right?

It is really find some trusted members of the healthcare community, community health workers, again, the strategic asthma plan has some resources, but for the Native American community, I think that having peers talk about this in a straightforward way and really advocate that this is something that you or your child does not have to suffer with because there is help.

It is really find some trusted members of the healthcare community, community health workers, again, the strategic asthma plan has some resources, but for the Native American community, I think that having peers talk about this in a straightforward way and really advocate that this is something that you or your child does not have to suffer with because there is help.

And the other piece that I want to really advocate for is that once people get connected with a trusted health care provider, that they need a written asthma plan. And the reason is exactly what you said. Like, well, what if somebody is walking around and all of a sudden they have an asthma attack? What do they do? Right.

And the other piece that I want to really advocate for is that once people get connected with a trusted health care provider, that they need a written asthma plan. And the reason is exactly what you said. Like, well, what if somebody is walking around and all of a sudden they have an asthma attack? What do they do? Right.

And and once somebody gets connected with a health care provider that's helping them actively manage their asthma, much like diabetes. Right. What do I do if my blood sugar goes high? Well, you take this much more insulin. What do I do if I'm having more asthma symptoms? We have asthma plans that are written very specifically and they look like stoplights, right?

And and once somebody gets connected with a health care provider that's helping them actively manage their asthma, much like diabetes. Right. What do I do if my blood sugar goes high? Well, you take this much more insulin. What do I do if I'm having more asthma symptoms? We have asthma plans that are written very specifically and they look like stoplights, right?

So we have a green zone, meaning go. This is your daily asthma medication. This is what you do in the yellow zone. If you're starting to have more asthma symptoms, these are the medications that you take as your rescue medicines.

So we have a green zone, meaning go. This is your daily asthma medication. This is what you do in the yellow zone. If you're starting to have more asthma symptoms, these are the medications that you take as your rescue medicines.

In the red zone, if your symptoms aren't getting better, if your child is having more symptoms of respiratory distress, this is what you do before you call 911 or go to the emergency room, right? And I will tell you that having the appropriate knowledge, right?

In the red zone, if your symptoms aren't getting better, if your child is having more symptoms of respiratory distress, this is what you do before you call 911 or go to the emergency room, right? And I will tell you that having the appropriate knowledge, right?

This is again about communication, knowledge and understanding of what the different medicines do and when they should be used, that this can make all the difference in the world for a parent who's at home on a Saturday night and their child starts wheezing and they're like, oh my gosh, the clinic's closed. What do I do? And so they have the medication and the tools. to start helping their child.

This is again about communication, knowledge and understanding of what the different medicines do and when they should be used, that this can make all the difference in the world for a parent who's at home on a Saturday night and their child starts wheezing and they're like, oh my gosh, the clinic's closed. What do I do? And so they have the medication and the tools. to start helping their child.

It's again, it's like having Tylenol at home or ibuprofen, right? What if you have a fever? Oh, well, we're just going to give them some Tylenol, right? So again, having a plan, understanding about what to use when can really, really make a big difference for, you know, I think you bring up a, you bring up a great

It's again, it's like having Tylenol at home or ibuprofen, right? What if you have a fever? Oh, well, we're just going to give them some Tylenol, right? So again, having a plan, understanding about what to use when can really, really make a big difference for, you know, I think you bring up a, you bring up a great