OB Flashcards
A 39-year-old female, who is 35 weeks pregnant, presents with acute abdominal pain, irregular contractions, and vaginal bleeding. Her BP is 70/48 mm Hg, pulse is 120 beats/min, and respirations are 24 breaths/min. Her abdomen is tender to palpation and her uterus feels rigid. What should you suspect?
Abruptio placenta
Assessment of newborn reveals respiratory distress, diminished breath sounds on the left, and a sunken abdomen. What should you suspect?
Diaphragmatic hernia
Compared to adults, children can maintain their blood pressure longer following an injury because they have a:
proportionally larger blood volume
How do complex febrile seizures differ from simple febrile siezures?
Complex partial seizures are focal and have a longer duration
A 26-year-old woman has had abdominal pain since the end of her menstrual period approximately 10 days ago. She reports that the pain is in both lower quadrants, and she has a temperature of 100.5F. What should you suspect?
Pelvic inflammatory disease
A 4-year-old child presents with lethargy, poor skin turgor, and sunken eyes. You are unable to obtain a blood pressure. The cardiac monitor reveals a narrow-complex tachycardia at a rate of 190/min. What should you do?
Give a 20-mL/kg normal salione bolus
What should you do after completing care and transport of a child that you suspect has been physically abused?
Report your suspicions to the receiving physician and file a report with child protective services
While caring for a child who is ill, you notice that he has a gastrostomy tube. You should recall that this is used for what purpose?
Instill nutrition and medications directly into the stomach
During your assessment of a woman in labor, she tells you that she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and polyhydramnios. Which of the following is she at increased risk for?
Prolapsed umbilical cord
Shortly after initiating bag-mask ventilation on a 3-year-old boy, you note that his radial pulses are absent, his carotid pulse has become weak and rapid, and his skin has turned pale. Vascular access has been established. What should you do?
Ausculate his breath sounds
Which of the following is the MOST common cause of cardiopulmonary arrest in infants and children?
Respiratory failure
Which of the following statements regarding isoimmunization (Rh disease) is correct?
Rh disease is most prominent with subsequent pregnancies and occurs when an Rh-negative mother becomes pregnant by a man with Rh-positive blood.
A 7-year-old, 20-kg child complains of dizziness.
Establish IV access and give 2mg adenosine
You are assessing the cardiac rhythm of a 9-year-old child who says his chest is “fluttering.” P waves are not visible, the QRS
Reentry supraventricular tachycardia
The Apgar scoring system is used to:
evaluate the adequacy of a newborn’s vital functions following birth
You have just delivered an ifant born at 27 weeks’ gestation. After drying and warming the infant, you assess him and note that his respirations are rapid and irregular, his pulse rate is 90 beats/min, and his face and trunk are cyanotic.
Give positive-pressure ventilations for 30 seconds and then reassess the newborn
You are triaging first-grade students at a school bush crash and encounter a small child who is unresponsive and apneic.
Assess for a palpable pulse
Which of the following clinical findings are associated with HELLP syndrome?
Low platelets and elevated liver enzymes
You are using a bag-mask device to ventilate a 4-year-old, 16-kg child in respiratory failure. The cardiac monitor reveals a wide-complex rhythm at a rate of 40/min that matches the palpable pulse. What should you do?
Being chest compressions
A 6-month-old infant prevents with lethargy, profound respiratory distress, and an oxygen saturation of 74%. Which of the following cardiac rhythms BEST matches this clinical presentation?
Bradycardia with or without AV block
You receive a call for a 2-year-old girl having a seizure. Upon arrival, you find the child lying in a bed.
Bacterial meningitis
A 4-year-old male presents with stridory, a barking cough, and increased work of breathing.
Let him assume a position of comfort, offer oxygen via the blow-by technique, and administer a 2.25% solution of racemic epinephrine via nebulizer
You are assisting in the delivery of a baby. As soon as the head delivers, you should:
check for the presence of a nuchal cord.
A 5-year-old boy presents with labored breathing, stridor, and high fever. His mother tells you that his symptoms rapidly progressed over the last few hours.
Epiglottitis
Which of the following is a sign of inadequate breathing in an infant?
Expiratory grunting
A 24-year-old woman, who is 12 weeks pregnant with her first child, presents with severe nausea and vomiting for the past 36 hours.
Diphenhydramine
While assessing a woman in labor; you note that a loop of the umbilical cord is protruding from her vagina.
Ensure that the umbilical cord continues to pulsate
According to current resusciation guidelines, when should epinephrine be administered to an infant or child who is in ventricular fibrillation?
After the second shock
What is the appropriate second dose of adenosine for a 4-year-old child with supraventricular tachycardia?
3.2 mg
A 25-year-old female presents with abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, and amenorrhea. What should you suspect?
Ectopic pregnancy
A 1-year-old child presents with lethargy, bradypnea, cyanosis, and a heart rate of 50 beats/min. What should you do?
Ventilate with a bag-mask device
Which of the following conditions is a woman at risk for if she does not take prenatal vitamins throughout her pregnancy?
Anemia
A 3-year-old child presents with a heart rate of 190 beats/min. Which of the following findings would make a diagnosis of reentry supraventricular tachycardia less likley?
History of a high fever, vomiting, and diarrhea
A 20-kg child requires amiodarone for refractory ventricular fibrillation. Amiodarone is supplied as 150 mg in 3 mL.
2 mL
Which of the following findings should increase your suspicion that a 4-year-old child has an intentionally injury?
The injury occurred several hours before EMS was called.
A 7-month-old infant has partial-thickness burns to the entire anterior aspect of the leg.
6.75%
Regarding labor and delivery, what is meant by the term lightening?
Relief of pressure in the upper abdomen and a simulataneous increase of pressure in the pelvis
A newborn has central cyanosis and a pulse rate of 70 beats/min. What should you do?
Ventilate with a bag-mask device
A 3-year-old child has had a low-grade fever and a cough for the last 2 days. Today, he has respiratory distress. What should you suspect?
Croup
You and your team are performing CPR on a 8-year-old female who is in cardiac arrest
Defib and immediately resume CPR
A 29-year-old female complains of bilateral lower abdominal quadrant pain. Which of the following findings
Intrauterine device use
You are assessing the cardiac rhythm of a 6-year-old child.
Ventricular tachycardia
A 19-year-old woman, who is 28 weeks pregnant with her first baby, presents with a headache, edema to her ankles and hands
Start an IV line and monitory her for seizures
Following a viral illness, an 8-year-old child presents acutely with pallor, palpitations, chest pain not influenced by breathing or position
Myocarditis
A 4-year-old unresponsive child presents with weak intercostal retractions and a heart rate of 70 beats/min.
Ventilate the child with high-flow oxygen
A 9-month-old infant presents with increased work of breathing. The infant is active and has moderate retractions.
Bronchiolitis