Neonatal Care
This scoring system evaluates Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respirations at 1 and 5 minutes after birth.
What is the APGAR score?
Appearance, Work of Breathing, and Circulation to Skin.
What are the components of the Pediatric Assessment Triangle?
A barking cough and inspiratory stridor are characteristic findings of this condition.
What is croup?
The most common type of shock encountered in pediatric patients.
What is hypovolemic shock?
This medication is first-line treatment for severe anaphylaxis. (including dose and route!)
What is epinephrine? .01mg/kg, max 0.3mg
The most important intervention for a newly born infant with a heart rate greater than 100 bpm but inadequate respirations.
What is positive-pressure ventilation?
This is the first sign of shock commonly observed in children.
What is tachycardia?
This respiratory emergency classically presents with drooling, tripod positioning, and high fever.
What is epiglottitis?
This form of distributive shock is caused by a severe systemic allergic reaction.
What is anaphylactic shock?
The preferred route for epinephrine administration in pediatric anaphylaxis.
What is intramuscular injection into the lateral thigh?
The preferred method for evaluating circulation during neonatal resuscitation.
What is auscultation of the heart rate or palpation of the umbilical pulse?
This pediatric assessment finding is considered a late and ominous sign of shock.
What is hypotension?
Wheezing caused by lower-airway bronchoconstriction is commonly associated with this disease.
What is asthma?
Cool extremities, delayed capillary refill, and tachycardia are classic findings of this stage of shock.
What is compensated shock?
This item is commonly used to estimate pediatric weight when an actual weight is unavailable.
What is the Broselow method/tape?
This is indicated when a newborn's heart rate remains below 60 beats/min despite adequate ventilation.
What are chest compressions?
This AVPU finding represents a significant decrease in neurologic status but is not unresponsiveness.
What is responsiveness to Pain?
The most common cause of bronchiolitis in infants.
What is Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)?
Children often maintain normal blood pressure through this physiologic response until late shock develops.
What is peripheral vasoconstriction and increased heart rate (compensation)?
Medication dosing errors in children most commonly occur because of mistakes involving this factor.
What is weight-based dose calculation?
The ratio of compressions to ventilations during neonatal CPR.
What is 3:1?
A capillary refill time exceeding this duration may suggest poor peripheral perfusion.
What is greater than 2 seconds?
This finding indicates impending respiratory failure and often precedes cardiac arrest in pediatric patients.
What is decreasing mental status with inadequate respiratory effort (or silent chest)?
The primary cause of cardiac arrest in pediatric patients.
What is respiratory failure progressing to cardiopulmonary arrest?
This cognitive aid is designed to reduce pediatric medication errors during emergencies.
What is the Broselow Tape or similar item?