Asthma, Allergens, and Air Pollution
Saturday, February 20, 1999
9:15 Check-in, Lorton Hall, Room 207
9:30 Welcome, Dr. Estelle Levetin, The University of Tulsa
9:35 Asthma: When, What, and How to Treat It, Dr. Jane Purser, Allergy Clinic of Tulsa
10:00 A School Based Study of Respiratory Effects in a Border Community, Dr. Mary Kay ORourke, University of Arizona
10:50 Coffee Break
11:10 Aeroallergens in Tulsa, Dr. Estelle Levetin, The University of Tulsa
11:30 Air Pollution in Tulsa, Dr. Bill Potter, The University of Tulsa
11:50 Indoor Air Pollution, Dr. Richard Shaughnessy, The University of Tulsa
12:30 1:15 - Lunch Oliphant Hall Rooms 207 and 226
1:15 2:15 - Group I : Session A
Group II: Session B
2:15 2:30 - Break
2:30 - 3:30 - Group I: Session B
Group II: Session A
3:30 - Adjournment
Session A Asthma Management and Lung Function
1. Managing an Asthma Attack in the Classroom Dr. Renee Trewyn, University
of Oklahoma, Health Science Center, Tulsa
2. Measuring Peak Flow Dr. Renee Trewyn
3. Demonstration of Lungs and Lung Function
4. Building Your Own Peak Flow Meter Joe Chandler, The University of Tulsa,
Chemistry Dept.
5. Measuring Lung Capacity Joe Chandler
Session B Allergens, Air Pollution, Weather