SICK, SICKER or SICKEST
A 5 month old with nasal flaring, limp, and dusky color.
What is sickest?
An extremely important vital sign in pediatric patients with respiratory distress that needs to be obtained quickly and accurately.
What is respiratory rate?
Albuterol 2.5 mg and Ipratropium 0.5 mg are used to treat this illness.
What is asthma?
The use of these during breathing is an important physical sign to look for in the pediatric patient with shortness of breath.
What are Accessory muscles?
This tool can be used to establishes a level of severity, assists in determining urgency for life support measures, and identifies key physiological problems using observational & listening skills
What is the Pediatric Assessment Triangle?
The approximate percentage of children that suffer from asthma.
What is 5-10%?
Cold symptoms with horse cough and increased throat edema at nighttime.
What is croup?
Some children, particularly infants, may exhibit this with respiratory distress.
A 6-year-old with unlabored respirations, smiles, with skin color pink, father states patient is sick.
What is sick?
This is the position when a child is sitting forward, hands over knees, it can be an indicator of severe respiratory distress.
What is Tripod Position?
The isolation precautions for pertussis.
What is droplet?
Displacement of tube
Obstruction of tube
Pneumothorax
Equipment failure
What is DOPE?
This side of the triangle includes tachypnea, stridor, grunting, retractions, accessory muscle use, nasal flaring, head bobbing, tripoding.
What is a work of breathing assessment?
These are the top three most most common symptoms of asthma.
What are wheezing, cough, and shortness of breath?
An illness with a sudden onset, with symptoms such as open mouth with tongue protruding, muffles or hoarse cry and inspiratory stridor.
(DAILY DOUBLE)
What is epiglottitis?
The primary muscle used by infants to breathe
What is the diaphragm?
A 3-year-old arrives with grandma for sore throat and cough. The child has wheezing and some accessory muscle use. She is interactive, mucous membranes and skin are pink.
What is sicker?
The age you can complete a surgical airway.
What is 8 years or older?
Copious amount of secretions with expiratory wheezing and extreme tachypnea
What is bronchiolitis?
Grab this bag from the patient's family before leaving the patient's home.
What are the trach to go bags?