Chapter 16

Question 1

More than _____ children are injured annually.

Answer 1

8.5 million

Question 2

The incidence of blunt (versus penetrating) injury is highest in the _______ population.

Answer 2

pediatric

Question 3

The ratio between a child’s _____ and body _____ is highest at birth and diminishes throughout infancy and childhood.

Answer 3

body surface area

mass

Question 4

__________ will be a signal to the child that you are endorsed as a “safe” person.

Answer 4

Parental Engagement

Question 5

As many as ___% of children who have sustained severe multiple trauma have personality changes.

Answer 5

60

Question 6

Most pediatric injuries do not cause immediate __________.

Answer 6

exsanguination

Question 7

It should be assumed that any child who requires more than ______ of solution may be rapidly deteriorating.

Answer 7

20 mL/kg

Question 8

The intravascular component of one bolus represents _____% of a child’s blood volume.

Answer 8

25

Question 9

…. preventing a radiographic diagnosis of injury, causing a stretching, contusion, or blunt injury to the spinal cord

Answer 9

SCIWORA

Question 10

In the absence of trauma, the pediatric patient’s airway is best protected by a slightly superior-anterior position of the midface, known as _________.

Answer 10

sniffing position

Question 11

In the presence of trauma, the ________ position best protects the cervical spine.

Answer 11

neutral

Question 12

Because of children’s high body surface area, they are more prone to developing ___________.

Answer 12

hypothermia

Question 13

Children are more susceptible than adults to acute cardiovascular collapse from a __________.

Answer 13

tension pneumothorax

Question 14

________ is a late sign of tension pneumothorax and may only be determined by palpating the trachea in the jugular notch.

Answer 14

Tracheal Shift

Question 15

Indications for analgesia include ______ and _______.

Answer 15

isolated limb injury

suspected spinal fracture

Question 16

________ is the most common cause of death in the pediatric population

Answer 16

Traumatic Brain Injury

Question 17

An infant with a bulging _______ should be considered to have a more severe TBI.

Answer 17

fontanelle

Question 18

The risk of mortality increases with the number of _____ fractured.

Answer 18

ribs

Question 19

Incomplete (“__________”) fractures are common and may be indicated only by bony tenderness and pain on use of the affected extremity.

Answer 19

greenstick

Question 20

More than ____% of children younger than 9 years old in structure fires have some degree of smoke-inhalation injury.

Answer 20

50

Question 21

If possible, the IV line is secured with a __________ through circumferential dressings.

Answer 21

Kerlix Dressing

Question 22

Each yeah, approximately ____ million children are abused by burning, accounting for ____% of all incidents of child abuse.

Answer 22

1.5

20

Question 23

Approximately ____% of children admitted to a pediatric burn center are victims of child abuse.

Answer 23

20 - 25

Question 24

The two most common mechanisms by which these children receive burns are ________ and _________.

Answer 24

scalds

contact burns