AE-C case studies

AE-C · Put your knowledge to work in context.

The AE-C (Certified Asthma Educator) credential is a specialty certification for health professionals who teach people with asthma - and their families - how to manage the disease day to day. Nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and community health workers typically pursue it when a meaningful share of their work involves asthma education, inhaler and spacer teaching, spirometry review, and trigger counseling. The AE-C case studies are 5 cases and about 3,588 words.

A Reassuring ACT, Three Rescue Visits, and One Unusable Spirometry Effort

Marcus is 9 and has had asthma for four years. He takes fluticasone propionate 44 mcg, two puffs twice daily with a valved holding chamber, plus albuterol as needed.

666 words, about 3 min 2

A Dose Counter That Tells a Different Story Than the Patient

P is 47 and was diagnosed with asthma two years ago after a prolonged cough. She was prescribed fluticasone propionate 110 mcg, two puffs twice daily, and albuterol two puffs every four to six hours as needed.

712 words, about 4 min 3

A Rented Apartment, a Cat, a Smoker on the Balcony, and Three Steroid Courses

Aisha is 6 and has had three courses of oral corticosteroids since September, all between September and November. She lives in a rented two-bedroom apartment with her parents, two older siblings, her grandmother, and a nine-year-old cat.

729 words, about 4 min 4

Writing a Yellow Zone for a Family Whose Delay Was Not Carelessness

Luis is 7 and was in the emergency department six weeks ago after two days of cough and increasing albuterol use. His parents, who speak Spanish at home and read at about a fifth-grade level in Spanish, gave albuterol every three to four hours over those two days and did not call the clinic because, as his mother says, 'we thought it would pass, and we didn't want to bother anyone.' He is now on a daily inhaled corticosteroid started at discharge.

735 words, about 4 min 5

Self-Carry at Fifteen, a Two-Day-a-Week Nurse, and a Coach Who Says Run It Off

Jayden is 15, plays basketball, and has had asthma since childhood. Last month he felt tight during practice, but his albuterol was in his locker and he did not want to interrupt drills, so he waited about 20 minutes before using it.

746 words, about 4 min