34 Pediatric Emergencies

Question 1

Respiratory rate for infant (1 month to 1 year)

Answer 1

30-60 breaths/min

Question 2

Respiratory rate for toddler (1-3 yrs)

Answer 2

24-40 breaths/min

Question 3

Respiratory rate for preschool age (4-5 yrs)

Answer 3

22-34 breaths/min

Question 4

Respiratory rate for school age (6-12 yrs)

Answer 4

18-30 breaths/min

Question 5

Respiratory rate for adolescent (13-18 yrs)

Answer 5

12-16 breaths/min

Question 6

Pulse rate for newborn to 3 months

Answer 6

85-205 beats/min

Question 7

Pulse rate for 3 months to 2 years

Answer 7

100-190 beats/min

Question 8

Pulse rate for 2 years to 10 years

Answer 8

60-140 beats/min

Question 9

Pulse rate for 10 years or older

Answer 9

60-100 beats/min

Question 10

TICLS of Appearance

Answer 10

Tone
Interactiveness 
Consolability 
Look or gaze 
Speech or cry

Question 11

apparent life-threatening event (ALTE)

Answer 11

unresponsiveness, cyanosis, and apnea in an infant, who then resumes breathing with stimulation

Question 12

generalized tonic clonic seizure

Answer 12

rhythmic back-and-forth motion of an extremity and body stiffness

Question 13

pediatric assessment triangle (PAT)

Answer 13

appearance, work of breathing, circulation of skin

Question 14

pre school age

Answer 14

3-6 years

Question 15

school age

Answer 15

6-12 years

Question 16

shaken baby syndrome

Answer 16

seen in abused infants and children that have been subjected to violent, whiplash type shaking injuries that may result in coma, seizures, and increased intracranial pressure 2/2 tearing of the cerebral veins with consequent bleeding into the brain

Question 17

sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

Answer 17

death of an infant or young child that remains unexplained