🩺 Symptom Guide
Dyspnoea
Assess urgently for airway compromise, respiratory failure, PE, pulmonary oedema, severe asthma/COPD, pneumonia, pneumothorax, and shock.
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Red flags
- Airway compromise
- severe work of breathing
- inability to speak full sentences
- silent chest
First actions / assessment
- ABCDE first
- determine need for immediate emergency admission and senior review
- record full vitals including respiratory rate and oxygen saturation
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- Full differential diagnosis list
- History, examination, and investigations
- Linked protocols and drug doses
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