Airway
The pediatric airway is shaped like this, as opposed to the adult’s cylindrical airway.
What is funnel-shaped?
This is the most common cause of trauma-related death in children between the ages of 1 and 14years
What is motor vehicle accidents?
This concentration of dextrose is used for neonates and infants suffering from hypoglycemia.
What is D10W?
This is the normal systolic blood pressure range for an infant under the age of 1 year, which differs significantly from adults.
What is 70-90mmHg?
This anatomical feature makes airway management in infants more challenging due to the smaller and more compliant airways.
What is the larger tongue relative to the airway?
For pediatric intubation, this calculation is commonly used to determine the correct depth of tube insertion.
What is the formula: tube size × 3 for depth in cm?
This is the most common type of bone fracture seen in children, often resulting from falls or trauma.
What is a greenstick fracture?
In pediatric patients with asthma and respiratory failure, this medication is often given via nebulizer to relieve bronchospasm.
What is albuterol?
In children with traumatic injuries, this vital sign is often the most reliable indicator of shock.
What is heart rate?
Intubating this type of patient leads to a mortality rate of 10-20%
What is Asthmatic?
This type of airway obstruction occurs when the epiglottis becomes inflamed, often leading to a medical emergency requiring immediate intervention
What is Epiglottitis?
This condition is identified when the patient is symptomatic of a spinal cord injury but radiology shows no damage to the spinal cord and spine.
Spinal Cord Injury without Radiologic Abnormality (SCIWORA)
This is the drug and dose for a symptomatic bradycardic pediatric patient.
What is atropine at 0.02mg/kg
This tool allows you to estimate a patient's weight based on their height.
What is a length-based tape (formerly called Broslow tape)?
Appearance, breathing, and this represent the three components of the pediatric assessment triangle
What is Circulation?
This virus is the most common cause of bronchiolitis.
In cases of severe pediatric head injury, this type of breathing pattern may indicate worsening neurological function.
What is Cheyne-Stokes breathing?
This is the recommended initial treatment for a pediatric patient with anaphylaxis and airway swelling.
What is IM Epinephrine?
In the pediatric patient, the most common cause of cardiac arrest is this.
What is respiratory failure?
This method of IV fluid administration allows for small volumes to be given quickly.
What is push-pull or using a syringe?
The most common pediatric airway obstruction in children under the age of 3 years, often caused by a viral infection.
What is Croup?
The recommended maximum fluid bolus in a pediatric trauma patient showing signs of shock
20ml/kg of crystalloid
What is Racemic Epinephrine?
This is how infants increase their cardiac output due to their limited ability to increase contractility.
What is increased heart rate?
This electrolyte plays a role in Asthma treatments.
What is Magnesium Sulfate?