Chapter 43 Pediatric Emergencies questions
with answers 2024 test
Toddler period - Correct Answer 1-2 years
Pre-school age - Correct Answer 3-5 years
school age children - Correct Answer 6-12 years
Adolescent age - Correct Answer 13-18 years old
Neonate RR - Correct Answer 30-60 breaths/min
Infant RR - Correct Answer 30-53
Toddler RR - Correct Answer 22-37
Preschooler RR - Correct Answer 20-28
Neonate HR - Correct Answer Awake: 100-205
Sleeping: 90-160
Infant HR - Correct Answer Awake: 100-180
Asleep: 90-160
Toddler HR - Correct Answer Awake: 98-140
Asleep: 80-120
Preschooler HR - Correct Answer Awake: 80-120
Asleep: 65-100
School-age child HR - Correct Answer Awake: 75-118
Asleep: 58-90
The pediatric brain requires nearly ______ the cerebral blood flow as an adult's brain
- Correct Answer twice
ossification center - Correct Answer An area where cartilage is transformed through
calcification into a new area of bone.
Are easily fractured and most will be closed by late adolescence.
,Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) - Correct Answer This condition usually
occurs in 10-16 year olds during rapid growth, when even minor trauma can
precipitate its development. The epiphysis appears shorter and the epiphyseal plate
wider, with smaller margins.
At which developmental stage might a child have increased anxieties about illness or
injury because of social pressure or new understanding of death? - Correct Answer
Middle childhood (6 to 12 years)
What are the three elements of the Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT)? - Correct
Answer Appearance, circulation to skin, and work of breathing
Bacterial Tracheid’s - Correct Answer bacterial infection of the airway, subglottic
region; in children, most likely to appear after episodes of croup.
If an infant becomes unresponsive while you are attempting to remove a foreign
body airway obstruction, what is your next step? - Correct Answer Begin CPR with
compressions.
Bronchiolitis - Correct Answer inflammation of the small bronchioles, lower resp.
tract
Which lower respiratory emergency is defined as an inflammation or swelling of the
small airways due to viral infection? - Correct Answer Bronchiolitis
Under what circumstances should you use the blow-by technique? - Correct
Answer When only a small amount of supplemental oxygen is needed
dilated cardiomyopathy - Correct Answer dysfunctional heart muscle because of an
enlarged heart
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) - Correct Answer A condition in which the
heart muscle becomes abnormally thick.
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (RCM) - Correct Answer heart muscle becomes stiff
and unable to expand or contract effectively
epidural hematoma - Correct Answer a collection of blood in the space between the
skull and Dura mater
Subdural hematoma - Correct Answer collection of blood under the Dura mater
biliary atresia - Correct Answer biliary tract is malformed such that bilirubin cannot
be excreted—a condition that leads to liver disease and failure.
, intussusception - Correct Answer telescoping of the bowel into itself, commonly the
small intestine into the large intestine at the cecum.
Patients present with intermittent severe abdominal pain and lethargy, and
sometimes with bloody stools (or currant jelly-like stools).
Meckler diverticulum - Correct Answer a common congenital out pouching of the
wall of the small intestine
Patients present w/ painless rectal bleeding
Malrotation with volvulus - Correct Answer A condition that occurs when there is a
twisting of the bowel around its mesenteric attachment to the abdominal wall.
You and your partner are dispatched to an elementary school for a 7-year-old child
experiencing a seizure. According to the teacher, the student has a history of
seizures and has been actively seizing for approximately 15 minutes. Based on the
reported length of this seizure, what classification would you give this seizure? -
Correct Answer Status epileptics
status epileptics - Correct Answer a prolonged seizure or situation when a person
suffers two or more convulsive seizures without regaining full consciousness
complex seizure (partial) - Correct Answer consciousness altered, fixed
gaze/motionless, automatism(repetitive motions), lasts 45 to 90 sacs
Generalized seizure - Correct Answer A seizure characterized by severe twitching
of all of the body's muscles that may last several minutes or more; formerly known
as a grand mal seizure.
congenital adrenal hyperplasia - Correct Answer genetic disease in which the
adrenal gland is overdeveloped, resulting in a deficiency of certain hormones and an
overproduction of others
salt wasting crisis - Correct Answer occurs in infants with diminished
mineralocorticoid production will waste salt through the kidneys, it results in
hypovolemia, low serum sodium levels, hypotensive crisis and hyperkalemia
pan hypopituitarism - Correct Answer deficiency of all pituitary hormones
Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM) - Correct Answer A group of congenital
conditions that cause either accumulation of toxins or disorders of energy
metabolism in the neonate. These conditions are characterized by an infant's failure
to thrive and by vague signs such as poor feeding.
with answers 2024 test
Toddler period - Correct Answer 1-2 years
Pre-school age - Correct Answer 3-5 years
school age children - Correct Answer 6-12 years
Adolescent age - Correct Answer 13-18 years old
Neonate RR - Correct Answer 30-60 breaths/min
Infant RR - Correct Answer 30-53
Toddler RR - Correct Answer 22-37
Preschooler RR - Correct Answer 20-28
Neonate HR - Correct Answer Awake: 100-205
Sleeping: 90-160
Infant HR - Correct Answer Awake: 100-180
Asleep: 90-160
Toddler HR - Correct Answer Awake: 98-140
Asleep: 80-120
Preschooler HR - Correct Answer Awake: 80-120
Asleep: 65-100
School-age child HR - Correct Answer Awake: 75-118
Asleep: 58-90
The pediatric brain requires nearly ______ the cerebral blood flow as an adult's brain
- Correct Answer twice
ossification center - Correct Answer An area where cartilage is transformed through
calcification into a new area of bone.
Are easily fractured and most will be closed by late adolescence.
,Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE) - Correct Answer This condition usually
occurs in 10-16 year olds during rapid growth, when even minor trauma can
precipitate its development. The epiphysis appears shorter and the epiphyseal plate
wider, with smaller margins.
At which developmental stage might a child have increased anxieties about illness or
injury because of social pressure or new understanding of death? - Correct Answer
Middle childhood (6 to 12 years)
What are the three elements of the Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT)? - Correct
Answer Appearance, circulation to skin, and work of breathing
Bacterial Tracheid’s - Correct Answer bacterial infection of the airway, subglottic
region; in children, most likely to appear after episodes of croup.
If an infant becomes unresponsive while you are attempting to remove a foreign
body airway obstruction, what is your next step? - Correct Answer Begin CPR with
compressions.
Bronchiolitis - Correct Answer inflammation of the small bronchioles, lower resp.
tract
Which lower respiratory emergency is defined as an inflammation or swelling of the
small airways due to viral infection? - Correct Answer Bronchiolitis
Under what circumstances should you use the blow-by technique? - Correct
Answer When only a small amount of supplemental oxygen is needed
dilated cardiomyopathy - Correct Answer dysfunctional heart muscle because of an
enlarged heart
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) - Correct Answer A condition in which the
heart muscle becomes abnormally thick.
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy (RCM) - Correct Answer heart muscle becomes stiff
and unable to expand or contract effectively
epidural hematoma - Correct Answer a collection of blood in the space between the
skull and Dura mater
Subdural hematoma - Correct Answer collection of blood under the Dura mater
biliary atresia - Correct Answer biliary tract is malformed such that bilirubin cannot
be excreted—a condition that leads to liver disease and failure.
, intussusception - Correct Answer telescoping of the bowel into itself, commonly the
small intestine into the large intestine at the cecum.
Patients present with intermittent severe abdominal pain and lethargy, and
sometimes with bloody stools (or currant jelly-like stools).
Meckler diverticulum - Correct Answer a common congenital out pouching of the
wall of the small intestine
Patients present w/ painless rectal bleeding
Malrotation with volvulus - Correct Answer A condition that occurs when there is a
twisting of the bowel around its mesenteric attachment to the abdominal wall.
You and your partner are dispatched to an elementary school for a 7-year-old child
experiencing a seizure. According to the teacher, the student has a history of
seizures and has been actively seizing for approximately 15 minutes. Based on the
reported length of this seizure, what classification would you give this seizure? -
Correct Answer Status epileptics
status epileptics - Correct Answer a prolonged seizure or situation when a person
suffers two or more convulsive seizures without regaining full consciousness
complex seizure (partial) - Correct Answer consciousness altered, fixed
gaze/motionless, automatism(repetitive motions), lasts 45 to 90 sacs
Generalized seizure - Correct Answer A seizure characterized by severe twitching
of all of the body's muscles that may last several minutes or more; formerly known
as a grand mal seizure.
congenital adrenal hyperplasia - Correct Answer genetic disease in which the
adrenal gland is overdeveloped, resulting in a deficiency of certain hormones and an
overproduction of others
salt wasting crisis - Correct Answer occurs in infants with diminished
mineralocorticoid production will waste salt through the kidneys, it results in
hypovolemia, low serum sodium levels, hypotensive crisis and hyperkalemia
pan hypopituitarism - Correct Answer deficiency of all pituitary hormones
Inborn Errors of Metabolism (IEM) - Correct Answer A group of congenital
conditions that cause either accumulation of toxins or disorders of energy
metabolism in the neonate. These conditions are characterized by an infant's failure
to thrive and by vague signs such as poor feeding.
