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 medication is not given to children due to the risk of Reyes syndrome
What is Aspirin?
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?
A seizure lasting longer than 5 minutes is considered this.
What is status epilepticus?
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?
A child with a tracheostomy tube is having trouble breathing. This is the first step to take once ensuring the trach is in place.
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)?
This device, often implanted in children with hydrocephalus, helps drain cerebrospinal fluid.
What is a shunt? (Specifically, ventriculoperitoneal shunt)
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?
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 Epinephrine?
In the pediatric patient, the most common cause of cardiac arrest is this.
What is respiratory failure?
In an unresponsive infant, the presence of bulging fontanelles should raise concern for this.
What is Increased Intracranial Pressure?
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
This medication is often not given to children under 6 months of age without physician permission due to concerns for kidney damage.
What is Ibuprofen?
This is how infants increase their cardiac output due to their limited ability to increase contractility.
What is increased heart rate?
A pediatric patient with recent COVID-19, persistent fever, rash, and hypotension may have this inflammatory syndrome.
What is MIS-C (Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children)?