Peds test 4 Flashcards
(140 cards)
Compression/breaths for kids and infants and how many rounds before you call 911?
30:2 and 5
What do you do if a child does not improve with repositioning in an emergency?
Start bag-valve-mask
One thing to remember about getting a pulse
always palpate or auscultate don’t trust monitor
What is bradycardia for young infant and older infant and one thing about brady in kids
less than 80
less than 60
Stat CPR if they are bradycardic
What do you do if systolic BP is low?
IV normal saline 20/mg/kg as fast as it will go
What is low systolic for
neonate
infant
1-10
60
70
70+2x the age in years
Quick neuro assessment for LOC
A lert
V responsive to Voice
P responsive to pain
U nresponsive
What three things are on the peds glasgow scale?
eye opening, motor response, verbal response
What is the score on the peds glasgow scale? and what is a good score?
3-15
15
How many points in each section of GGCS?
Eye opening- 4
motor response- 6
verbal- 5
Are kids more prone to hypo or hyper glycemia?
Hypo
upper airway causes of respiratory distress 9
burns, croup, foreign body aspiration, strangulation, reflux, epiglottitis, vasculatory ring, tracheomalacia
Lower respiratory arrest problems 8
asthma, RSV, brochiolitits, pertussis, pneumonis, pneumothorax, aspiration, reflux
Presenting characteristics of foreign body aspiration
Sudden on set of cough, wheeze, stridor
guidance for aspiration education
6months and at each visit up to five
when can kids have peanuts and popcorn?
3
SIDS age
to 1
restore fluid volume in kids with shock
20ml/kg NS over 30-40mins
what is benadryl called?
Diphenhydramine
What is the ball injury called
Tramatic cardiac arrest
during upstroke of t-wave
When is brady life threatening in an infant
under 80
what can cause brady 5 abnormal
Heart block, dig, hypoxia, head injury, hypothermia
What is super ventricular tachycardia?
What can it lead to?
What happens?
A cardiac conduction problem where the hr is very fast and irregular
heart fail
not filling
3 s/s of SVT
Change in LOC
dyspnea
poor perfusion