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Mikey, a 2-year-old boy, is Respiratory distress
sitting upright on a
hospital bed in room 3
of your
emergency department.
Your initial
impression from the door
does not raise immediate
concern. On your entry to
the
room, you are able to
look at Mikey more
closely and notice on
inhalation his nostrils
are flaring. This is a
sign of:
The proper site for a brachial
peripheral pulse
assessment in the infant
patient is:
You are called to the compensate shock?
scene of a 3-year-old
patient who was found
anxious, cyanotic
and lethargic after a fall
down a flight of stairs.
On assessing the
patient, you find vital
signs with a respiratory
rate of 30,
regular pulse rate of 130,
regular capillary refill
,time of 4 seconds, and
a blood
pressure of 102/61. What
kind of shock is the
patient experiencing?
A mnemonic that aids in ABCDE
performing a primary
assessment is:
A consideration of Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO)
treatment for a pediatric
patient with acute
fulminant myocarditis
who is in cardiac arrest
or at a high risk of
cardiac arrest is:
, Which of the following is Alert - The child is alert and awake and responds
the correct to normal stimuli based upon age and
meaning for one of the
environment
individual letters in the
AVPU scale?
The recommended central IV
route of vascular access
on a hypotensive
pediatric patient is:
You are called to the 20 ml/kg 0.9% NaCl over 10 minutes
bedside of a 12-year- old
male patient who was
admitted after a week of
persistent vomiting,
diarrhea and limiting
oral intake of both
solids and liquids. The
patient's airway is
patent,
ventilatory rate is within
normal limits and the
patient's circulatory
status presents with
tachycardia, a blood
pressure of 70/40 and a
capillary refill time of 5
seconds. The
patient is speaking
incoherently. The patient
has no history of
cardiac problems or
congenital defects. The
appropriate fluid
administration dose for
this patient is: