abstract: Breathe easy: to mark World Asthma Day on May 1, Asthma UK is launching an emergency asthma care resource for healthcare professionals. The materials show the process of care from when someone with asthma first presents, through to their follow-up arrangements and return home. The resource contains guidance on evidence based standards of emergency asthma care, no matter where care is provided, templates to adapt to individual settings, training slides and patient information booklets. It will be sent to around 20,000 key healthcare professionals, including A&E and ambulance staff, across the UK, but it will also be available to download from www.asthma.org.uk.