Lung transplant: when to get help

1. 1

   Is any of this happening now?

   Call 911

   Call emergency services for severe trouble breathing, blue or grey lips, fainting, sudden severe chest pain, confusion, or symptoms that appear immediately life-threatening.

   And for anyone, someone who:

   • is struggling to breathe, gasping, choking, or cannot get words out
   Other emergency signs, for anyone

   • Someone who has chest pain, tightness or pressure lasting more than a few minutes
   • Someone who has sudden weakness or drooping on one side of the face or body, slurred speech, or sudden confusion
   • Someone who is unconscious, or cannot be woken
   • Someone who is bleeding heavily and it will not stop with firm pressure
   • Someone who has had a seizure that will not stop, or does not wake up afterwards
   • Someone who has lips or skin that look pale, blue, grey or blotchy
   • Someone who you believe has taken an overdose or swallowed something poisonous
   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these
2. 2

   Is any of this happening?

   Be seen today

   Contact your transplant team urgently on the same day if you develop a fever at the threshold they gave you, worsening breathlessness, a new cough, reduced home lung-function readings, wound redness or drainage, or vomiting that prevents you from keeping medicines down.

   Also call promptly if you miss an anti-rejection dose or cannot obtain your medicines.

   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these
3. 3

   Does any of this apply?

   Book an appointment

   Questions about mild medicine effects, activity progression, paperwork, or routine test results can usually wait for normal clinic hours unless your transplant team has told you otherwise.

   Yes, one of theseNo, none of these

Every sign above is quoted from the sofidex article on Lung transplant. If you are not sure, err upward — it is always reasonable to be checked.