Ch. 17-21

Question 1

What should you do if you suspect abuse from a parent during a report?

Answer 1

Write down any pertinent info that was said by the mother and child in quotations

Question 2

What condition must be present before giving oral glucose?

Answer 2

The patient must be conscious and able to swallow with an altered mental status and history of diabetes

Question 3

What are several common side effects of bronchodilator

Answer 3

Jitteriness and increased heart rate

Question 4

The study of the effects of medications on the body in relation to patient-specific factors such as age and weight is called what?

Answer 4

pharmacodynamics

Question 5

Why is epinephrine and not albuterol the first choice for anaphylaxis?

Answer 5

Albuterol is not a vasoconstrictor

Question 6

A patient who has shallow, slow, irregular, gasping breaths is said to have what kind of respirations?

Answer 6

Agonal

Question 7

What form of inadequate breathing is more common in children than adults?

Answer 7

Seesawing, nasal flaring, and grunting

Question 8

What is it called when the lung collapses without injury or any other obvious cause?

Answer 8

Spontaneous pneumothorax

Question 9

What describes a fluttering sensation in the heart?

Answer 9

Palpitations

Question 10

A weakened area of an artery that balloons out and may rupture, causing catastrophic bleeding is called what?

Answer 10

Aneurysm

Question 11

Blunt and penetrating injuries can damage chambers of the heart or cause conditions like what?

Answer 11

Pericardial tamponade