PARAMEDIC UNIT EXAM: OBSTETRICS, GYNECOLOGY, AND
PEDIATRICS | COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) 2025/2026 UPDATE
APGAR scoring - CORRECT ANSWER -A= appearance (color all pink, body pink
and blue extremities, blue [pale])
P= pulse (>100, < 100, absent)
G= grimace (cries, grimace, no response)
A= activity (active motion, flaccid, limp)
R= respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent)
Newborn Resuscitation (Inverted Pyramid) - CORRECT ANSWER -• Most
distressed newborns respond to relatively simple maneuvers.
Drying, warming, positioning, suctioning, stimulating
Oxygen
Bag-Mask Ventilation
Chest Compressions
Intubation
Medications
Methods of heat loss for a newborn - CORRECT ANSWER
-evaporation convection conduction radiation
Tube Size for peds - CORRECT ANSWER -Size Depth Weight Wks
2.5 6.5-7 <1000 <28
3.0 7-8 1000-2000 28-34
3.5 8-9 2000-3000 34-38
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, 3.5-4.0 >9 >3000 >38
Formula for correct tube size in pediatrics - CORRECT ANSWER -(patient's age
in years +16/4= tube size)
DOPE - CORRECT ANSWER -Displacement
Obstruction
Pneumothorax
Equipment failure
rule of nines - CORRECT ANSWER -a method used in calculating body surface
area affected by burns
croup - CORRECT ANSWER -viral infection: barking cough, slow onset; fever;
nasal flaring or tracheal tugging possible.
Epiglottitis - CORRECT ANSWER -bacterial infection; characterized by: brassy
cough and high temperature then pain often associated with swelling, sore
throat, shallow breathing. Epiglottis is cherry red and swollen;
Croup treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -Airway maintenance with oxygen and
Racemic Epi or albuterol; Steriods
Epiglottitis treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -Transport seated upright with
personnel who can manage the airway; oxygen, Nebulized racemic
epinephrine; intubation;
Asthma treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -establish airway, administer oxygen
humidified, give albeuterol, metaproterenol, or levalbuterol
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PEDIATRICS | COMPLETE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (100% VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS) 2025/2026 UPDATE
APGAR scoring - CORRECT ANSWER -A= appearance (color all pink, body pink
and blue extremities, blue [pale])
P= pulse (>100, < 100, absent)
G= grimace (cries, grimace, no response)
A= activity (active motion, flaccid, limp)
R= respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent)
Newborn Resuscitation (Inverted Pyramid) - CORRECT ANSWER -• Most
distressed newborns respond to relatively simple maneuvers.
Drying, warming, positioning, suctioning, stimulating
Oxygen
Bag-Mask Ventilation
Chest Compressions
Intubation
Medications
Methods of heat loss for a newborn - CORRECT ANSWER
-evaporation convection conduction radiation
Tube Size for peds - CORRECT ANSWER -Size Depth Weight Wks
2.5 6.5-7 <1000 <28
3.0 7-8 1000-2000 28-34
3.5 8-9 2000-3000 34-38
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, 3.5-4.0 >9 >3000 >38
Formula for correct tube size in pediatrics - CORRECT ANSWER -(patient's age
in years +16/4= tube size)
DOPE - CORRECT ANSWER -Displacement
Obstruction
Pneumothorax
Equipment failure
rule of nines - CORRECT ANSWER -a method used in calculating body surface
area affected by burns
croup - CORRECT ANSWER -viral infection: barking cough, slow onset; fever;
nasal flaring or tracheal tugging possible.
Epiglottitis - CORRECT ANSWER -bacterial infection; characterized by: brassy
cough and high temperature then pain often associated with swelling, sore
throat, shallow breathing. Epiglottis is cherry red and swollen;
Croup treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -Airway maintenance with oxygen and
Racemic Epi or albuterol; Steriods
Epiglottitis treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -Transport seated upright with
personnel who can manage the airway; oxygen, Nebulized racemic
epinephrine; intubation;
Asthma treatment - CORRECT ANSWER -establish airway, administer oxygen
humidified, give albeuterol, metaproterenol, or levalbuterol
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