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Asthma - Contact List For Further Information
Disclaimer: This fact sheet is for education purposes only. Please consult with your doctor or other health professional to make sure this information is right for your child.
PDF Version available| Important Telephone Numbers: | |
| Ambulance: | 000 |
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Asthma Education Service at hospital Monday to Friday 7am to 3.30pm Carol Wood Clinical Nurse Specialist: 02 9845 2293 or carol.wood@health.nsw.gov.au Health Direct Line - 24-hour Health Advice Line: 1800 022 222 | |
National Asthma Council Australia
www.nationalasthma.org.au
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
Tel: 1800 032 495
- A wide range of information, brochures, papers, programs and other asthma resources. It provides the latest information on asthma to health professionals, people with asthma and their carers.
Kids with Asthma
- An interactive child friendly website developed by the National Asthma Council Australia
- asthma games for children
- asthma Information for parents/carers
- printable resources
Asthma Australia
www.asthmaaustralia.org.au
Tel: 1800 645 130
- Asthma information and resources
- provides links to local State Asthma Foundations
- provides links to asthma information in languages other than English.
Australian Society for Clinical Immunology & Allergy (ASCIA)
www.allergy.org.au
Provides up to date, reliable information on asthma, allergy and immune diseases for health professionals, patients and carers.
Asthma resources available in languages other than English
- Parents and Carers Asthma Information Pack available in Chinese and Arabic.
- Asthma information available in the following languages; Indonesian, Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, Chinese, Arabic, and Turkish.
- Multilingual health resources in which you can search by language and topic.
For publications recommended by our hospitals' experts, please visit our book shop.
The Children's Hospital at Westmead Tel: (02) 9845 0000 Fax: (02) 9845 3562 www.chw.edu.au |
Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick Tel: (02) 9382 1688 Fax: (02) 9382 1451 www.sch.edu.au |
Kaleidoscope, Hunter Children's Health Network Tel: (02) 4921 3670 Fax: (02) 4921 3599 www.kaleidoscope.org.au |
© The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick
& Kaleidoscope, Hunter Children's Health Network - 2005-2012.
& Kaleidoscope, Hunter Children's Health Network - 2005-2012.
