Lesson 8

Question 1

t/f cardiac issues are more common in infants then respiratory

Answer 1

F!

Question 2

t/f respiratory emergencies are the #1 reason for pediatric hospital admissions

Answer 2

T!

Question 3

t/f babies are mouth breathers

Answer 3

F! nose breathers

Question 4

who needs more O2 children or adults?

Answer 4

children

Question 5

signs of respiratory failure

Answer 5

mental status
skin colour
rate
effort 
auscultation
SPO2
pulse

Question 6

2 things brain needs

Answer 6

O2

glucose

Question 7

best way to open airway in children

Answer 7

jaw thrust not HTCH

Question 8

neonate breaths per min

Answer 8

30

Question 9

infants breaths per minute

Answer 9

10-20

Question 10

children breaths per minute

Answer 10

8-10

Question 11

what should you always assume airway obstruction is with kids

Answer 11

foreign body

Question 12

anaphylaxis slide info… look at this later…

Answer 12

rapid onset

shock

Question 13

croup

Answer 13

infection of the upper airway
narrow airway

• stridor *

fall/winter months

barking cough

spread by respiratory secretions

can become hypoxic
fever

Question 14

onsets in croup/epiglottitis

Answer 14

epiglottitis is faster

croup is slower

Question 15

epiglottitis

Answer 15

stritor

sniffing position

Question 16

status ashmaticus

Answer 16

B2 agents don’t work

so ventolin/ipratropium

Question 17

wolff parkinson white

Answer 17

some impulses miss AV and widen QRS