 In order to measure health-related quality of life, the Integrated Therapeutics Group Child Asthma Short Form ITG-CASF will be completed by a research assistant upon enrollment, via telephone follow-up 7 days after the emergency department visit, and at the 28 day follow-up visit. The ITG-CASF has previously been validated in children with chronic asthma. Gorelick et al have shown it to be a valid and responsive measure of health-related quality of life in children as young as 2 years of age treated in an emergency department for acute asthma. The 8-item ITG Child Asthma Short Form measures the following three concepts: Daytime Symptoms, Nighttime Symptoms, and Functional Limitations. In addition to the standard 8-item ITG Child Asthma Short Form, they identified two additional items from the long form to assess whether inhaler use interfered with the childs life and whether adjustments were made to family life because of the childs asthma. 