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Peak flow is how fast your child breathes out air after taking a deep breath. Your child's peak flow tells you and your child's doctor how well your child's lungs are working. You need to know your child's personal best peak flow number to help control your child's asthma.
See the chart at the end of this sheet for average peak flows for healthy children and teenagers. Your health care professional can also determine your child's peak flow number based on a personal baseline.
The Estimated/Expected Peak Expiratory Flow (Peak Flow) quantifies asthma exacerbation severity.
There are three peak flow zones, which are set up like a traffic light: Go Zone, Caution Zone, and Danger Zone. A chart will be created to indicate your child’s peak flow numbers in each zone.
How to use a peak flow meter. Peak flow can be useful to help in diagnosing and monitoring asthma. It is a measure of how well your child can blow air out of their lungs.
A peak flow meter measures how open your child’s airways are. The peak flow meter can detect even mild changes in the airflow long before symptoms are seen. The peak flow meter measures only the larger airways of the lungs.
Understand how to use behavioral scales to facilitate and evaluate monitoring and treatment. Understand the common evidence-based approaches to intervention for internalizing disorders in primary care. Understand how to initiate treatment for children/adolescents with depression and/or anxiety.
