Kids
Sides of the Pediatric Assessment Triangle.
What is appearance, work of breathing and circulation.
Bonus: when do we use this?
Who is considered a neonate?
What is a newly born infant less than one month old.
Two contraindications for assisting with nitroglycerine to an angina patient?
What is systolic blood pressure of at least 90 to 100, and what is the patient has taken an erectile dysfunction drug in the last 48 hours.
What is the BE-FAST test?
What is Balance, Eyes, Face, Arms, Speech and last Time they were normal.
Anatomical differences with infants.
What isa larger tongue, smaller airway, head is heavier and bigger, can't regulate their body temperature.
Vital sign differences between an adult and a child.
What is a faster HR and RR and lower BP.
Most important aspect of caring for a neonate?
What is keeping them warm.
Side effects of taking nitroglycerine.
What is hypotension, headache and pulse rate changes.
The most common medical emergency for a diabetic.
What is hypoglycemia.
Growth plates on the skull of young children.
What are fontanels.
Common pediatric injuries.
What is trauma, FBAO, respiratory emergencies, seizures, near drownings.
If the HR is less than 60 BPM in a neonate what should you do?
What is begin CPR.
O2 saturation is below 94 percent.
What is hypoxic.
Cool and clammy?
What is "Give them Candy."
Tips for communicating with children.
What is get down to their level, have them sit in a parent or guardians lap, explain what you are doing in "kid talk".
Inflammation of protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.
What is meningitis.
The correct position for delivering compressions to a neonate.
What is the two thumbs encircling the chest technique.
Three ways to administer oxygen.
What is a nasal cannula, a non-rebreather and a bag-valve-mask.
How to care for a seizure patient?
What is keep them safe, clear the area, manage the airway, recovery position if needed, ALS if no history of seizures or multiple episodes.
Highly contagious, life-threatening bacterial infection with symptoms similar to the common cold.
What is pertussis. (whooping cough)
Respiratory illness that may resolve by taking the infant outside into the cold night air.
What is croup.
What does APGAR stand for?
What is appearance, pulse, grimace, activity and respiratory effort.
What medications can you administer to a patient by PO if they are unresponsive?
What is none.
How to administer Narcan.
What is insert it into the nose and depress the plunger.
Fast onset, sore throat, fever, drooling?
What is epiglotitis.