Call Your Doctor Now (night or day) If
- Your child looks or acts very sick
- Looks like he did when hospitalized before with asthma
- Difficulty breathing not resolved 20 minutes after neb or inhaler
- Peak flow rate lower than 50% of baseline level (personal best) (RED Zone)
- Peak flow rate 50-80% of baseline level after using neb or inhaler (YELLOW Zone)
- Wheezing (heard across the room) not resolved 20 minutes after using neb or inhaler
- Continuous (nonstop) coughing that keeps from playing or sleeping and not improved after using neb or inhaler
- Asthma medicine (neb or inhaler) is needed more frequently than every 4 hours
- Fever above 105° F (40.6° C)
- Severe chest pain
