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A 6 month old infant is unresponsive. You begin checking for breathing
at the same time you check for the infants pulse. Which is the maximum
time you should spend when trying to simultaneously check for breathing
and palpate the infants pulse before starting CPR? Ans: 10 seconds
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A 4 year old child is brought to the emergency department for seizures.
The seizures stopped a few minutes ago, but the child continues to have
slow and irregular respirations. Which condition is most consistent with
your assessment? Ans: Disordered Control of Breathing
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An 8 year old child is brought to the emergency department with a 2
day history of lethargy and polyuria. The child has new onset rapid,
deep, and labored breathing. Which diagnostic test should you order
first? Ans: blood glucose
After rectal administration of diazepam, an 8 year old boy with a history
of seizures is no unresponsive to painful stimuli. His respirations are
shallow, at a rate of 10/min. His Oxygen saturation is 94% on 2L of NC
oxygen. On examination, the child is snoring with poor chest rise and
poor air entry bilaterally. What action should you take next? Ans:
Reposition the patient, and insert an oral airway
After rectal administration of diazepam, an 8 year old boy with a history
of seizures is no unresponsive to painful stimuli. His respirations are
shallow, at a rate of 10/min. His Oxygen saturation is 94% on 2L of NC
oxygen. On examination, the child is snoring with poor chest rise and
poor air entry bilaterally. After repositioning the patient and you insert an
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Oral airway, the patient continues to deteriorate. What next step is the
most appropriate? Ans: Provide bag mask ventilation
A 6 year old child is found unresponsive, not breathing, and without a
pulse. one health care worker leaves to activate the emergency
response system and get the resuscitation equipment. You and another
healthcare provider immediatly begin CPR. Which compression to
ventilation ratio do you use? Ans: 15:2
In post resuscitation management after cardiac arrest, extra care should
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be taken to avoid repercussion injury. what should the ideal oxygen
saturation range most likely be? Ans: 94%-99%
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A 3 year old child is in cardiac arrest, and high quality CPR is in progress.
You are the team leader. The first rhythm check reveals the rhythm
shown here. Defibrillation is attempted with a shock dose of 2 J/kg. after
administration of the shock, what should you say to you team members?
Ans: "resume compressions"
A 4 year old child in cardiac arrest is brought to the emergency
department by ambulance. High quality CPR is being performed. The
cardiac monitor displays the rhythm strip shown here. The estimated
weight of the child is 20 kg. What dose range should you use for the initial
defibrillation? Ans: 2-4 J/kg
A 4 year old child in cardiac arrest is brought to the emergency
department by ambulance. High quality CPR is being performed. The
cardiac monitor displays the rhythm strip shown here. The estimated
weight of the child is 20 kg. As the team leader, how many joules do you
tell your team member to use to perform initial Defib? Ans: 40 Joules