Chapter 07 - Life Span Development

Question 1

You are dispatched to call for a 4-month old infant with respiratory distress. While you prepare to take care of this child, you must remember that:

A. the infant’s proportionately small tongue often causes an airway obstruction

B. an infant’s head should be placed in a flexed position to prevent obstruction

C. assisted ventilations in infants need to be forceful to inflate their lungs

D. small infants are nose breathers and require clear nasal passages at all times

Answer 1

D. small infants are nose breathers and require clear nasal passages at all times

P 242, Neonates and Infants