3378050482 | Pediatric | Pt who has yet to reach Puberty | 0 | |
3378116068 | Newborns and Infant age group | Birth - 1 yr | 1 | |
3378117414 | Toddler | 1-3 yrs | 2 | |
3378118846 | Pre-school Age | 3-5 yrs | 3 | |
3378119918 | School Age | 6-12 yrs | 4 | |
3378121594 | Adolescent | 13-18 yrs | 5 | |
3378131431 | Pediatric head | larger and heavier than adult until age 4 always suspect injury if serious MOI | 6 | |
3378138697 | Children are | nose breathers up to 6 mos | 7 | |
3378144070 | Children chest wall is | Softer | 8 | |
3378145987 | Children diaphragms | more involved in breathing | 9 | |
3378149042 | Neonatal Ribs are more | boxlike | 10 | |
3378150285 | Infants are nose | breathers be sure to suction secretions from nose as needed to help Pt. breath | 11 | |
3378157040 | Hyperextention/flexion of the neck may result in | airway obstruction | 12 | |
3378159131 | No blind Finger Sweep on | infant and children | 13 | |
3378162613 | Infants and children are | abdominal breathers | 14 | |
3378165308 | Infant and children abdominal organs are | less protect | 15 | |
3378166495 | Children are more prone to | heat loss through the skin | 16 | |
3378175492 | Infant or children are more vulnerable to | hypothermia | 17 | |
3378186020 | Moderate blood loss in adults can be | life-threatening to infant or child | 18 | |
3378188803 | What is the infant blood volume | 335mm can of soda | 19 | |
3378190286 | What is the child blood volume | 2 litters of soda | 20 | |
3378192906 | What is the Adult blood volume | 2 2litters | 21 | |
3378204108 | Newborn/Infant Characteristics | Newborn typically have minimal stranger anxiety and do not mind being separated from parents. older infants often fear separation like to feel warm physically and emotionally young infants follow movement with eyes Older infants are more active and developing a personality. Infants do not want to be suffocated by an 02 mask | 22 | |
3378233794 | Toddler Characteristic | do not like to be touched by strangers or separated from parents Toddlers may feel that their illness is punishment for being bad do not like having their clothes removed frighten easily and fear of needles and pain understand more than they communicate begin to assert their independence they don't want to be suffocated by 02 mask do not like to be restrained | 23 | |
3378255576 | Pre-School Characteristics | do not like to be touched by stranger or separated from parents modest and do not like their clothes removed think illness is punishment for being bad fear blood, pain, and permanent injury curious, communicative and can be cooperative do not want to suffocated by an 02 mask | 24 | |
3378279056 | Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT) | Appearance Work of breathing Circulation to skin | 25 | |
3378292235 | School Age characteristics | Cooperates but likes their opinions heard fear of blood, Pain, disfigurement, permanent injury Do not like their body exposed | 26 | |
3378307602 | Adolescent Characteristics | want to be treated as adults feels like they are indestructible may fear of permanent injury and disfigurement not comfortable with their changing body influenced highly by their peers | 27 | |
3378361437 | Assessing a Ped's Pt. breathing | Chest Expansion- Should be equal movement bilateral of chest Work of breathing- look for nasal flaring when pt inhales and retractions or pulling in of the sternum ans ribs with inhalation Sounds of breathing Breathing rate Color | 28 | |
3378400432 | Adolescent breathing rate | 12-20 per minute | 29 | |
3378403642 | Child breathing rate | 15-30 per minute | 30 | |
3378408519 | Infant breathing rate | 25-50 per minute | 31 | |
3378414794 | When should you ventilate | when breathing is either Faster or slower then normal | 32 | |
3378429644 | retraction | pulling in of the skin and soft tissue between the ribs when breathing, sign of respiratory distress | 33 | |
3378477301 | when doing a pediatric physical exam | start with toes and work way up to head | 34 | |
3378481471 | what can cause bulging of fontanelle | meningitis and head trauma | 35 | |
3378482197 | How to keep a pediatric pt. airway open | place towel behind shoulders unless suspicion of spinal injury | 36 | |
3378542779 | if the mask is too big it can cause | corneal drying | 37 | |
3378575432 | Common causes of shock in Pediatric Pt | Diarrhea and or vomiting with resulting dehydration infection Trauma ( especially Abdominal injuries) Blood loss Allergic reaction Poisoning Cardiac events( rare) | 38 | |
3378598936 | What is the likeliest cause of cardiac arrest in a child, other than trauma | Respiratory Disorders | 39 | |
3378610746 | What structures separate the upper airway from the lower airway | Larynx | 40 | |
3378611965 | Croup | Respiratory Disease; mild fever and some hoarseness ( day time) Loud " seal-bark" cough Difficult breathing nose flaring retractions of muscle between ribs tugging at throat restlessness paleness with cyanosis | 41 | |
3378620959 | Epiglottitis | Sudden onset of high fever painful swallowing ( drooling) tripod position sniffing position pt will sit very still | 42 | |
3378633882 | Meningitis | High Fever Stiff neck Lethargy irritability headache sensitivity to light seizures rash if infection is bacterial | 43 | |
3378660415 | What is the #1 Cause of death in infants and children | Trauma | 44 |
Emergency Care 13th Edition Chapter 33 Flashcards
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