child health non milestones stuff Flashcards
What is the average age (in years) that a girl enters puberty in the UK?
11
What is the average age (in years) that a boy in the UK experiences their pubertal growth spurt?
14
The HEEADSSS framework is useful when taking a history from young people. It stands for?
–Home (home life/relationships)
–Education/Employment – progress at school, financial concerns
–Eating – weight, body image
–Activities – peers, physical activity
–Drugs
–Sex – Sexual activity, orientation, STIs
–Suicidality
–Safety – risk taking behaviour/criminality
Live attenuated vaccines?
MMR, Flu, rotavirus
Inactivated/ killed vaccines?
PCV - pneumococcal conjugate
IPV - polio
Inactivated TOXIN vaccines?
Diphtheria
Tetanus
Subunit/ conjugate vaccines?
All the meningitis (ACWY, B)
Hepatitis C
Hib
Pertussis
What size of boys’ testes (in ml) is consistent with onset of puberty?
4ml
The Reference Nutrient Intake for a vitamin or mineral is likely to meet the requirements for what percentage of the population?
97%
which food type would deliver the most vitamin C
Blackcurrants
which food type would deliver the most vitamin D
Oily fish
which food type would deliver the most vitamin A
Cheese
which food type would deliver the most vitamin E
Nuts
The correct sequence for basic life support in a child is:
Safe approach stimulate shout for help, open airway, look/listen/feel for breathing, give 5 rescue breaths, check for signs of life, give 15 chest compressions, continue CPR at 2 breaths to 15 compressions for 1 minute then call emergency services.
What is the correct position for maximising the airway?
the ‘sniffing’ position
What is the correct position for chest compressions?
the lower half of the sternum
What is the preferred method of opening the airway in a child with a suspected neck injury?
Jaw thrust
Each of the following children have a form of cerebral palsy. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?
A 10 year old girl with increased tone in her right arm and right leg, who walks with a limp.
Hemiplegic cerebral palsy
Each of the following children have a form of cerebral palsy. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?
A 5 year old boy with weakness in both legs, requiring the use of a wheelchair. Both arms are normal.
Paraplegic cerebral palsy
Each of the following children have a form of cerebral palsy. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?
A 12 year old girl who attends mainstream school who walks unaided but has an intoing gait affecting both right and left. She has normal use of her arms but has increased tone.
Diplegic cerebral palsy
Each of the following children have a form of cerebral palsy. What is the most appropriate diagnosis?
A profoundly disabled 7 year old boy who can not walk and is unable to feed himself. Both arms have fixed contractures and he requires regular baclofen to relax his muscles
Quadriplegic cerebral palsy
How many weeks is full term gestation?
40 weeks
How do you correct the age of a preterm baby when assessing developmental milestones?
Take off the number of weeks they were born preterm off their chronological age.
(e.g. he anticipated developmental skills of a 6-month-old baby (chronological age) born 2 months early at 34 weeks’ gestation are more like those of a 4-month-old baby (corrected age).)
A baby is born at 32 weeks gestation and is now 6 months old. Assuming that her neurodevelopment is normal, which of the following milestones is it reasonable to expect her to have reached?
Raises head to 45o when prone
Vocalises alone or when spoken too - coos and laughs
Reaches out for toys
Which symptom indicates a focal seizure?
Abnormal taste sensation
Presence of aura with smell and taste abnormalities and/or distortion of sounds and shapes
Which symptom indicates a generalised seizure disorder?
Conscious level
Which symptom indicates a migraine?
Precipitants e.g. food, exercise.
Which symptom indicates a febrile convulsion?
fever
If you suspect congenital heart disease, which of the following is it important to ask about?
Colour change
Feeding pattern
Previous episodes of respiratory distress
Which condition causes developmental regression?
Hunter’s syndrome