EPC Flashcards
Pts 1-3 years old are called…
Toddlers
Kids between 3-6 are called…
Preschoolers
At what age can you stop doing toe-to-heads and just do head to toe assessments.
Preschoolers
Kids between 6-12 are called
School aged
Kid has poor appearance but normal work of breathing and circulation. What’s wrong?
CNS dysfunction
Toddlers and preschoolers (some infants) are susceptible to what disease?
Croup
Croup treatment
Nebulized epi (for strider)
Corticosteroids
Kid has dyspnea, gradual onset that worsens at night. Seal-bark cough. What is it?
Croup
What does croup do to the body?
Viral
Infection of upper and partial lower airway
What are common bacterial upper airway infections in kids?
Epiglottis, tracheitis, retropharyngeal abscess, peritonsilar abscess
Kid (4-6) with hx recent sickness and sudden onset stridor with drooling. What’s wrong?
Epiglotitis
Kid (4-6) with hx long sickness, high fever, lots of thick mucous, barking cough. What’s wrong?
Tracheitis
Kid (up to 6) has hx of penetrating trauma or upper infection, slowly starts drooling with stridor. What’s wrong?
Retropharyngeal abscess
Best way to manage an airway in odds with upper airway infections?
BVM. They will have difficult intubations
Bronchiolotis vs asthma?
Bronchiolotis = 0 to 2years with wheezing
Asthma = older than 2
Kid has fever vomiting cough, abnormal a lungs… what’s wrong?
Pneumonia
Treatment for pneumonia in kids?
Supportive
Three main drugs for anaphylaxis
ABCs
Adrenaline
Benadryl
Corticosteroids
Albuterol vs ipratropium effects
Albuterol = B2 - relax bronchial smooth muscle
Ipratropium = anticholinergic = same plus decrease secretions
Infant vs child ventilation rate
Infant 30/min
Child 20/min
compared to adults, how do kids’ hearts compensate for shock?
increase HR more than stroke volume
kid has pale and mottled skin. what does this mean?
shock
a weak central pulse in kids is compensated or decompensated shock?
decompensated
quick way to tell BP for kids >1
70 + 2xage
3 types of shock
cardiogenic, hypovolemic, distributive (pipe issue)
most common type of shock in peds? give examples
hypovolemic from bleed or dehydration