Chapter 34: Pediatric Emergencies Flashcards
Children between ages 12 and 18 years
Adolescents
An event that causes unresponsiveness, cyanosis, and apnea in an infant, who then resumes breathing with stimulation.
ALTE
Apparent Life Threatening Event
To turn white
Blanch
Slow respiratory rate; in a child it is an ominous sign that indicates impending respiratory arrest.
Bradypnea
Pulses that are closest to the core (central) part of the body where the vital organs are located; include the carotid, femoral, and apical pulses.
Central Pulses
A general term applying to all forms of abuse and neglect of children.
Child Abuse
A seizure that features rhythmic back-and-forth motion of an extremity and body stiffness, or extreme twitching of all of the body’s muscles, that may last several minutes or more; formerly known as a grand mal seizure.
Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure
Ah “uh” sound heard during exhalation; reflects the child’s attempt to keep the alveoli open; a sign of increased work of breathing.
Grunting
The first year of life.
Infancy
A tape used to estimate an infant or child’s weight on the basis of length; appropriate drug doses and equipment sizes are listed on the tape.
Length-Based Resuscitation Tape
The external openings of the nostrils. A single nostril opening is called a naris.
Nares
Refusal or failure on the part of the parent or caregiver to provide life necessities.
Neglect
A form of bacterial meningitis characterized by a rapid onset of symptoms, often leading to shock and death.
Neisseria Meningitides
A structured assessment tool used to rapidly form a general impression of the infant or child without touching him or her; consists of assessing appearance, work of breathing, and circulation to the skin.
P.A.T.
Pediatric Assessment Triangle
A specialized medical practice devoted to the care of the young.
Pediatrics
An airborne bacterial infection that affects mostly children younger than six years, in which the patient is feverish and exhibits a “whoop” sound on inspiration after a coughing attack; highly contagious through droplet infection
Pertussis
Children between the ages of six to twelve years of age.
School-Age
A syndrome seen in abused infants and children; the patient has been subjected to violent, whiplash-type shaking injuries inflicted by the abusing individual that may cause coma, seizures, and increased intracranial pressure due to tearing of the cerebral veins with consequent bleeding into the brain.
Shaken Baby Syndrome
Death of an infant or young child that remains unexplained after a complete autopsy.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Increased respiratory rate.
Tachypnea
Inflammation of the trachea.
Tracheitis
An indicator of oxygenation and ventilation; reflects the patient’s attempt to compensate for hypoxia.
Work Of Breathing
