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Inability to complete sentences, exhaustion, agitation or confusion, silent chest, cyanosis, or a rapid drop in peak flow to less than 33% of best are all red flags for life-threatening asthma in clinical guidance. In first aid, treat any combination of severe breathlessness, colour change and collapse as a 999 emergency.
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