injuries and poisoning
Smoke Inhalation
Diagnosis of Smoke Inhalation
A doctor's examination Often, chest x-ray and/or blood tests Sometimes, looking into the trachea and sometimes the lungs with a flexible viewing tube Sometimes a doctor's examination is all that is needed for people who have few or no symptoms and had only brief exposure to smoke. People with symptoms usually need some testing, such as blood tests to measure oxygen and carbon monoxide levels and a chest x-ray. To assess the extent of injury due to smoke inhalation in people with significant symptoms, doctors may pass a flexible viewing tube (laryngoscope or bronchoscope) into the trachea. 