Breathing difficulties - first aid
Alternate Names : Difficulty breathing - first aid, Dyspnea - first aid, Shortness of breath - first aid
Symptoms & Signs
The following symptoms are often associated with difficulty breathing: - Bluish lips, fingers, and fingernails
- Chest moving in an unusual way as the person breathes (may indicate an airway or chest injury)
- Chest pain (could be a heart attack or injury; sharp chest pain could be pulmonary embolism or collapsed lung)
- Confusion, light-headedness, weakness, or sleepiness
- Cough (if the person also has phlegm/sputum, this may be pneumonia; a barking cough in a child is croup)
- Fever
- Gurgling, wheezing, or whistling sounds
- Using chest and neck muscles to breathe
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