Rock of AGES
Age at which pediatrics explore world, open doors, cabinets. Do not have molars and are at higher risk for choking.
12-18 months
Its a disease causing the arteries to thicken, harden and calcify.
Arteriosclerosis
Airway differences in child vs adult relative to Glottis, epiglottis
Narrower funnel shaped glottis
Giant floppy epiglottis
The SAFE distance to park away from a car crash.
100 feet
This sac contains 500-1000 mL of a special fluid.
amniotic sac
Age at which pediatrics have a rich imagination which makes them particularly fearful to pain. At this age they believe their thoughts and feeling can come true.
3-6 years/preschool
The heart failure characterized by JVD and ascites.
Right HF
The cerebral glucose use is higher because....
Constant growth and new thoughts and sights
Helicopter landing zone size for emergency landing area suggested.
100 x 100
The G of the APGAR
Grimace
Appearance, Pulse, Activity Respiration
Age at which pediatrics primarily sleep and eat. They respond to environment by touch and can be stimulated by touch, warmth, hunger and sound.
0-2 months
It is a forward curving of the spine that occurs with aging also called hunchback or humpback.
Kyphosis
Frontal Fontanels close at this time frame in months
18 months
The triage color priority category that encompasses patients who's transport and treatment can be temporarily delayed such as burns without airway compromise, major or multiple bone injuries and back injuries without spinal cord damage.
Yellow
RED-immediate transport needed
Green- Walking wounded
Black- deceased or will decease
The APGAR number given for rapid respiration.
2
1- slow
0- absent
Age at which pediatrics can think abstractly and participate in decision making. This is the age at which personal morals are formed.
adolescent 12-18 years
This Stage of Pressure Ulcer associated with non movement is characterized by "blisters and or ulcers that affect the dermis and epidermis".
Stage II
Stage I-redness minor damage under skin
Stage III- Down to fat layer
Stage IV- into muscle or Bone
The three components of the pediatric assessment triangle. (PAT)
Appearance - Circulation to skin - Work of Breathing
This is a medically equipped facility set up near the disaster scene such as a warehouse, where triage, medical care and transport of patients is facilitated often staffed by mobile medical and nursing teams.
Casualty Collection Area
Supine with hips and lower extremities elevated 6-12 inches or more.
Age range for Toddler
12 months to 3 years
These are the other 2 categories of Elder Abuse aside from Financial Elder Abuse.
Physical and Psychological
Toddler with 2nd degree burns to entire front of chest and abdomen, entire right arm, half of head/neck in %.
33%
The name of shipping papers that are used when hazardous materials are transported from one place to another. Papers include the identity of the material, the weight and or quantity and are kept in the cab of the transporting vehicle.
Bill of Lading OR Freight Bill.
This useful tool to determine the lower minimally acceptable blood pressures in children 1 to 10 years-old is missing one component. Which component is missing?
SBP = _________ x (2 x child's age in years)
70