EMS is called to a baseball game in April where a thirteen year old boy is experiencing extreme shortness of breath. Upon arrival the EMT/Paramedics discover the boy is wheezing and has an inability to speak. His breathing is tremendously labored and although he is hyperventilating, ventilation is very shallow:

What is the patient’s most likely pathology?

What is causes the pathology? What likely caused this flair up?

What would the EMS team assist the patient before and during transport?