Chapter 34: Pediatric Emergencies

Question 1

Children between ages 12 and 18 years

Answer 1

Adolescents

Question 2

An event that causes unresponsiveness, cyanosis, and apnea in an infant, who then resumes breathing with stimulation.

Answer 2

ALTE

Apparent Life Threatening Event

Question 3

To turn white

Answer 3

Blanch

Question 4

Slow respiratory rate; in a child it is an ominous sign that indicates impending respiratory arrest.

Answer 4

Bradypnea

Question 5

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.

Answer 5

Central Pulses

Question 6

A general term applying to all forms of abuse and neglect of children.

Answer 6

Child Abuse

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure

Question 8

Ah “uh” sound heard during exhalation; reflects the child’s attempt to keep the alveoli open; a sign of increased work of breathing.

Answer 8

Grunting

Question 9

The first year of life.

Answer 9

Infancy

Question 10

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.

Answer 10

Length-Based Resuscitation Tape

Question 11

The external openings of the nostrils. A single nostril opening is called a naris.

Answer 11

Nares

Question 12

Refusal or failure on the part of the parent or caregiver to provide life necessities.

Answer 12

Neglect

Question 13

A form of bacterial meningitis characterized by a rapid onset of symptoms, often leading to shock and death.

Answer 13

Neisseria Meningitides

Question 14

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.

Answer 14

P.A.T.

Pediatric Assessment Triangle

Question 15

A specialized medical practice devoted to the care of the young.

Answer 15

Pediatrics

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Pertussis

Question 17

Children between the ages of six to twelve years of age.

Answer 17

School-Age

Question 18

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.

Answer 18

Shaken Baby Syndrome

Question 19

Death of an infant or young child that remains unexplained after a complete autopsy.

Answer 19

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Question 20

Increased respiratory rate.

Answer 20

Tachypnea

Question 21

Inflammation of the trachea.

Answer 21

Tracheitis

Question 22

An indicator of oxygenation and ventilation; reflects the patient’s attempt to compensate for hypoxia.

Answer 22

Work Of Breathing