🩺 Symptom Guide
Stridor / Upper Airway Obstruction
Assess urgently for impending airway compromise, anaphylaxis, croup, epiglottitis, foreign body, deep neck space infection, laryngeal edema, and traumatic or obstructive upper airway pathology.
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Red flags
- Stridor at rest
- severe work of breathing
- inability to speak or cry normally
- drooling
First actions / assessment
- ABCDE first with immediate airway focus
- keep the patient calm and avoid unnecessary distress
- record full vitals including oxygen saturation while minimizing agitation
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