Title: Your Child's Asthma: Peak Flow Meters, Oximeters, and Spirometers
Headings: Your Child's Asthma: Peak Flow Meters, Oximeters, and Spirometers
Your Child's Asthma: Peak Flow Meters, Oximeters, and Spirometers
What is a peak flow meter?
Why should a peak flow meter be used?
How do you use a peak flow meter?
What are peak flow zones?
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How is a personal best peak flow measured?
When should a peak flow meter be used?
How can I get a peak flow meter?
What is an oximeter?
What is a spirometer?

Content: Keep using the controller medicine as your child's provider has ordered and stay away from asthma triggers. Use the reliever medicine as ordered by your child's provider. Make sure your child is using his or her inhaler and spacer correctly. Red
This is the stop zone! This zone is less than 50% of your child's personal best peak flow reading. Readings in this zone are a medical emergency. You will need to get help right away. This means there is severe narrowing of the airways. Your child may be coughing, very short of breath, and wheezing. Your child may also have problems walking and talking.