Paramedic Pediatric Emergencies
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Between what months can an infants start to stand and walk? -
correct answer ✅6-12
When can you start asking the patients some questions other than
just the caretaker? -
correct answer ✅Toddler 1-3 years
When may a child want to help you with treatment? -
correct answer ✅Preschool 3-5 years
When do anterior and posterior fontanelles close? -
correct answer ✅Anterior 9-18 months
Posterior 4 months
What might fontanelles look like with ICP?? -
correct answer ✅Tight or bulged and pulsating might stop
What will fontanelles look like in dehydration? -
correct answer ✅Sunken
,Paramedic Pediatric Emergencies
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Where do you put a towel for under and over the age of three
years? -
correct answer ✅Under 3- under shoulders
Over 3- under head
Infants are obligated.... -
correct answer ✅Nose breathers
What is the narrowest part of the pediatric airway? -
correct answer ✅Cricoid
What do infants do with their diaphragm? -
correct answer ✅use it to breath
Are peds more prone to gastric distension? -
correct answer ✅Yes
Are peds more at risk for a pneumothorax? -
correct answer ✅Yes
, Paramedic Pediatric Emergencies
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
What 2 organs may most be effected in blunt trauma? -
correct answer ✅Liver and spleen.
Organs are closer together
What could an IO disrupt? -
correct answer ✅The growth plate
BSA to body weight ratio is... -
correct answer ✅Larger
Peds have less **** fat -
correct answer ✅sub-q
Pediatric O2 reserve is... -
correct answer ✅smaller.
This results in a higher potential for hypoxia.
Peds BP in shock -
correct answer ✅Peds can maintain BP well and still be at risk for
shock.
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Between what months can an infants start to stand and walk? -
correct answer ✅6-12
When can you start asking the patients some questions other than
just the caretaker? -
correct answer ✅Toddler 1-3 years
When may a child want to help you with treatment? -
correct answer ✅Preschool 3-5 years
When do anterior and posterior fontanelles close? -
correct answer ✅Anterior 9-18 months
Posterior 4 months
What might fontanelles look like with ICP?? -
correct answer ✅Tight or bulged and pulsating might stop
What will fontanelles look like in dehydration? -
correct answer ✅Sunken
,Paramedic Pediatric Emergencies
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Where do you put a towel for under and over the age of three
years? -
correct answer ✅Under 3- under shoulders
Over 3- under head
Infants are obligated.... -
correct answer ✅Nose breathers
What is the narrowest part of the pediatric airway? -
correct answer ✅Cricoid
What do infants do with their diaphragm? -
correct answer ✅use it to breath
Are peds more prone to gastric distension? -
correct answer ✅Yes
Are peds more at risk for a pneumothorax? -
correct answer ✅Yes
, Paramedic Pediatric Emergencies
Exam Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
What 2 organs may most be effected in blunt trauma? -
correct answer ✅Liver and spleen.
Organs are closer together
What could an IO disrupt? -
correct answer ✅The growth plate
BSA to body weight ratio is... -
correct answer ✅Larger
Peds have less **** fat -
correct answer ✅sub-q
Pediatric O2 reserve is... -
correct answer ✅smaller.
This results in a higher potential for hypoxia.
Peds BP in shock -
correct answer ✅Peds can maintain BP well and still be at risk for
shock.
