Table 1.

Symptoms recorded in the digital action plan.

Descriptors	Mild symptoms	Moderate symptoms	Severe symptoms
Breathlessness	While walking	While talking	At rest
Comfortable posture	Can lie down	Prefers sitting to lying	Sits hunched
Ability to talk	Conversation	Phrases	Words
Alertness and behavior	Not agitated	Agitated or anxious	Cannot move
Neck and chest muscle contraction or retractions	Absent	Mild	Frank
Wheezinga	Not or faintly audible	Audible	Strongly audible
Respiratory rate	Normal	Slightly increased	Greatly increased
Pulse rate (adult)	Normal	Slightly increased	Greatly increased
Nails and lips	Normal	Pallor	Cyanosis
Cough (child)	Slight	Persistent	Cannot breathe between coughs

^aWheezing audible to the patient or those near the patient. As assessing pulse rate normality in their children is difficult for parents, this descriptor was replaced by cough, which is common.