Breathing Difficulties - First Aid

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Call Immediately for Emergency Medical Assistance if

Call your local emergency number (such as 911) if you or someone else has labored breathing, especially if accompanied by:

• Chest pain
• Sweating
• Nausea or vomiting
• Dizziness or lightheadedness
• Blue lips, fingers, or fingernails
• Inability to speak
• High pitched or wheezing sounds
• Facial, tongue, or throat swelling
• Hives
• Rapid or irregular heart beat
• Coughing up large amounts of blood
• Excessive drooling

Call your doctor right away if:

• Your shortness of breath is brought on by coughing, especially productive coughing.
• Your child's cough has a barking sound.
• You have a fever, green or yellow phlegm, night sweats, weight loss, loss of appetite, or swelling in your legs.
• You are coughing up small amounts of blood.