Paediatric Values & Assessment Flashcards
1
Q
Newborn - Age and weight
A
Age: <24hrs
Weight: 3.5kgs
2
Q
Small Infant - Age and weight
A
Age: < 3mths
Weight: 3.5kgs
3
Q
Large Infant - Age and weight
A
Age: 3-12mths Weight: 3 mths - 6kg 6mths - 8kg 1 yr - 10kg
4
Q
Small Child - age and weight
A
Age: 1-4yrs Weight: age x 2 + 8 2yrs - 12kg 3yrs - 14kg 4yrs - 16kg
5
Q
Medium Child - Age and weight
A
Age: 5-11 yrs Weight: 2-9yrs (age x2 +8) 10-11 yrs (age x 3.3) 5yrs - 18kg 6yrs - 20kg 7yrs - 22kg 8yrs - 24kg 9yrs - 26kg 10yrs - 33kg 11yrs - 36kg
6
Q
Newborn and Small Infant VSS
A
HR: 110-170
BP: >60
RR: 25-60
7
Q
Large Infant VSS
A
HR: 105-165
BP: >65
RR: 25-55
8
Q
Small Child VSS
A
HR: 85-150
BP: >70
RR: 20-40
9
Q
Medium Child VSS
A
HR: 70-135
BP: >80
RR: 16-34
10
Q
Paediatric Pain Assessment
A
- Faces
- FLACC (Face, legs, activity, cry, consolability)
- Verbal numerical scale
11
Q
Paediatric Assessment Triangle
A
APPERANCE
- Tone
- Interactiveness
- Consolability
- Look/gaze
- Speech/cry
WORK OF BREATHING
- Abnormal breath spunds
- Abnormal posturing
- Retractions
- Nasal flaring
CIRCULATION/SKIN
- Pallor
- Mottling
- Cyanosis
12
Q
GCS for 4yrs and under
A
EYES - spontaneous - reacts to speech - reacts to pain - none VERBAL - appropriate words/smile - cries but consolable - persistently irritable - moans to pain - none MOTOR - spontaneous - localises to pain - withdraws to pain - flexion response - extension response - none
