Module 4 Manual Ventilation (Anatomy) Flashcards
What is the age range for: A neonate?
Younger than 30 days
What is the age range for: A young infant
30 days to 3 months
What is the age range for: a older infant
3 months to 1 year
What is the age range for: A child
1 year to adolescence
According airway management, What is the age range of: A neonate
younger than 30 days
According to airway management, What is the age range of: an infant?
30 days to 1 year
According to airway management, What is the age range of: A child?
1 year to 8 years of age
- This one is really important to know
According airway management, What is the age range of: A small adult?
Older than 8 years of age
- This one is important to know
Broselow tape, what group does a person fit if they don’t fit within it?
How does a child’s airway differ in the pharynx from an adults?
Children have comparively larger tonsils, tongues, and adenodids in relation to the size of their mouth
- i.e Children’s tonsils take up more space in their mouth
What are some complications in a child’s pharynx compared to an adults?
When inflamed/swollen, they may obstruct the airway
- may bleed easily
- may collapse easily against posterior pharynx and obstruct airway
How does a child’s larynx differ from an adults?
- Larynx is more funnel shaped
- higher, more anterior glottis opening
- Smaller cricothyroid membrane
- Epiglottis is higher and angled away from long axis of trachea (meaning horizontal)
What are some complications with adolescent larynx’s?
- Cricoid cartilage is narrowest part of the airway
- harder to visualize vocal cords and intubate
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In the larynx what is the narrowest part for adults?
glottis opening (rims glottis)
How does a child’s trachea differ from an adults?
- Cartilage is less developed and more compliant
- Mucosa more fragile
- Angle of main stem bronchi is different
What are some complications in a child’s trachea?
More susceptible to:
- collapse w/higher WOB
- tearing, inflammation, and swelling
- bilateral aspiration pnemumonias are more likely
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What affects a baby’s heart rate during birth?
- Contractions (depends where)
- umbilical position
- Inefficient umbilical cord
Complications for premature babies
- Lungs deficient in surfactant
- immature brain development
- Weak muscles
- Thin skin, large surface area
- Infection risk
- fragile blood supply
- small blood volume
How do contractions affect a baby during labor?
Typically, a baby’s heart rate should increase slightly during a contraction and then return to its baseline between contractions.
What are implications of late decelerations in the babies heart during labour?
- Are they concerning?
They are concerning.
Late decelerations suggest the baby is not getting enough O2 during contractions, likely due to:
- compression of the umbilical cord
- inefficient placenta not providing enough blood flow
- Uterine contractions are too intense or frequent
Generally, What do late decelerations in the babies heart indicate during labour?
- What are they?
Babies heart rate is slowing down after the peak of contraction.
- They are a sign of fetal distress which may require intervention
what are interventions for late decelerations in a baby’s heart?
- Changing the mothers position
- O2 therapy to the mother
- Adjusting the rate of IV fluids
- Cesarean section (C-section) if babies distress is severe or persistent
What do early decelerations in a babies heart indicate?
- Are they concerning?
- What can they indicate?
They’re usually benign, associated w/head compression during contractions
- They’re normal
- Early decelerations mirror contractions. Meaning HR decreases at the same time as the mothers contractions (and recover at the same time).
What are variable decelerations?
- are they concerning?
Random drops in the babies HR (U or V appearance on a strip). They can be concerning depending if they persistent and their depth and duration are crazy long. They’re random events.
What could cause variable deceleration?
- Umbilical cord compression
- changes in fetal position
- pressure on the umbilical cord during contractions
Maternal Conditions and risk factors?
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How does O2 aid premature babies with surfactant deficiencies in the lungs?
- O2 therapy increases O2 concentration in the bloodstream, which reduces the strain on the baby’s lungs and heart.
- The lungs can function normally w/o risk of lung damage from the strain of laboured breathing (including RDS)
Why is thin skin on a premature baby concerning?
Poor ability to manage temperature, which can lead to hypothermia and eventual acidosis (breathing rate and depth decrease)
Why would you provide a premature baby caffeine?
Prevent apnea of prematurity, stimulation helps baby breath easier.
- Caffeine also helps open airways and increase muscle tone in babies. Particularly important for babies with underdeveloped lungs and RDS