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Programs & Services

Calgary COPD & Asthma Program

This program provides respiratory education for patients who have asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease (chronic bronchitis, emphysema), smokers at risk, smoking cessation / tobacco reduction.

Provides comprehensive respiratory education for patients with COPD, asthma, or smokers at risk. The session is one to one either by phone or Zoom and will take 45 minutes to 60 minutes to complete with a Certified Respiratory Educator. Spirometry is no longer provided.

Access
Service Providers May Include
certified respiratory educators, certified tobacco educators
Eligibility

Service targeted to:

  • age 16 and older.
Service Access

Healthcare providers should consult the Alberta Referral Directory for service referral information.

Please attach a current Pulmonary Function Test with the referral or arrange for your patient to have testing done at any private pulmonary function labs in the Calgary Zone. A list of private labs are found on our website.


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Also Known As
Acronym
CCAP