M4: FINAL ASSESSMENT

You are coaching a football training session for the over 12’s.

One of the players, Toby, is 14 years old and has just run in late for training. You see him take his reliever medication before he sits down to put on his footy boots.

Within 10 minutes he is on the field with the rest of the team.

Halfway through the training session you notice that Toby is starting to cough, and you notice that he is having some minor trouble breathing and is still able to talk in full sentences.

Q1. What severity is Toby’s asthma flare-up?

What would you do next?

Toby returns to the training and within 20 minutes his asthma symptoms have returned.

When you call him in you notice that he has more obvious difficulty breathing and is only saying a few words between each breath, but you do not hear a wheeze with his breathing.

Do you call an ambulance before commencing asthma first aid?