Drains, tubes, and things
A tube placed surgically through the abdominal wall into your child's stomach used for food or medications
G tube
sometimes referred to as a mickey button
The type of bacteria thought to be the most common cause of skin abscesses in children
What is MRSA?
The symbol on the Broselow Tape that should be positioned parallel to the top of the patient's head.
What is the arrow?
Convulsion in a child that may be caused by a spike in body temperature
What is a febrile seizure?
Assessment tool that addresses three components of work of breathing, appearance, and circulation
What is Pediatric Assessment triangle?
What is a trach tube?
The classic non-influenza pediatric respiratory viral infection that typically peaks during winter months
What is bronchiolitis or RSV?
Broselow-Luten color-coding is based on this physical characteristic of children
What is body length or height?
Respiratory distress that has a barking cough and may get better when you take the child in the cool night air
What is croup?
Is the child's capillary refill under 2 seconds? is the child pink, warm, and dry?
What is circulation?
A method of delivering oxygen through two prongs that extend from the tube into the child's nostrils
What is a nasal cannula?
Of bacterial, viral or fungal, the most common cause of infectious dry, itchy rashes in children after hurricanes
What is fungal? Ringworm and other forms of tinea flourish in warm, humid environments.
Of milligrams or milliliters, the preferred unit of measurement for drug doses on the Broselow Pediatric
What is milliliters?
Symptoms include skin rash, fever, mouth sores, and flu like symptoms and is very contagious but not serious
What is hand, foot, and mouth?
The patient has nasal flaring, abdominal retractions, head bobbing, grunting.
What is respiratory distress?
What is a chest tube?
The most common cause of viral diarrhea in pediatric population is
What is norovirus?
According to the Broselow Chemical Antidotes Tape, the maximum number of Mark-1 Autoinjectors that may be used to treat nerve-agent poisoning for a child in the Orange zone
2
Reactive airway disease that patients may need a longer time to exhale if ventilating the patient due to being able to get air in but out and causes wheezing.
What is asthma?
How the child is interacting with the environment. Is the child looking around? Are they responsive to the caregiver? Does the patient look sick?
What is general appearance?
What is a Peripheral IV?
Highly contagious disease caused by the varicell-zoster virus, what is its major symptom, and how many vaccinations do children get for this?
(must get all three for points)
Chickenpox
itchy, blister like rash
2 vaccinations (12-15months & 4-6 years)
The Broselow tape is calibrated for pediatric patients between 46cm and 146.5cm in length, which corresponds to a weight range of?
What is 3kg to 34kg?
skin rash, nausea, vomiting, difficulty breathing, and shock...
Hint: requires epi administration
What is anaphylaxsis?
What tools is used to quickly assess mental status in a child?