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10 minute stationPaediatric Respiratory Distress, 3-Year-Old
Dispatch
Cat 1 — 3-year-old female, noisy breathing, worsening cough overnight.
On arrival
Child on mother's lap, tripod position, audible wheeze, tracking you with her eyes. Known viral-induced wheeze, no inhaler at home.
Initial observations
- Airway
- Patent, no stridor
- RR
- 44 with tracheal tug and subcostal recession
- SpO2
- 91% on air
- Pulse
- 156
- Temp
- 38.1 °C
- Weight
- 14 kg