ABSTRACT
A 19-year-old woman presented to hospital complaining of shortness of breath and cough. She had been feeling unwell with increasing difficulty in breathing over the preceding 6 h. She had been otherwise well recently, aside from a wrist injury that she sustained 24 h ago playing badminton. She had managed this with ice packs and simple analgesia. Her past medical history was significant for asthma. She had no known drug allergies and her only medication was a salbutamol inhaler that was used ‘as needed’. The patient was studying philosophy at university, did not smoke, and drank approximately 14 units of alcohol per week.
