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Intermediate
9 minute stationModerate Croup, 18-Month-Old
Dispatch
Cat 2 — 18-month-old, barking cough and noisy breathing overnight, worse when upset.
On arrival
Child on mother's lap, intermittent barking cough, mild inspiratory stridor at rest, becomes more pronounced when child cries.
Initial observations
- Airway
- Mild inspiratory stridor at rest
- RR
- 36 with mild subcostal recession
- SpO2
- 96% on air
- Pulse
- 138
- Temp
- 37.9 °C
- Weight
- 11 kg