Systematic Approach Flashcards
4 Types of Respiratory Problems
- Upper Airway Obstruction
- Lower Airway Obstruction
- Lung Tissue Disease
- Disordered Control of Breathing
4 Types of Circulatory Problems
- Hypovolemic Shock
- Distributive Shock
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Obstructive Shock
ABCDE
Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure
Signs of Maintainable Airway
Airway is obstructed but can be maintained by simple measures - head tilt-chin lift
Signs of not Maintainable Airway
Airway obstruction that cannot be maintained without advanced interventions - intubation
Signs of upper airway obstruction
- Increased inspiratory effort with retractions
- Abnormal inspiratory sounds (snoring or high pitched stridor)
- Resp effort but no airway/breath sounds
Ways to position a responsive child for optimal breathing
Allow the child to assume a position
Elevate HOB
Ways to position an unresponsive child for optimal breathing
Turn child on side if you do not suspect cervical injury
Use a head tilt-chin or jaw thrust
Foreign Body? <1 year of age
5 Back slaps and 5 Chest thrusts
Foreign Body? >1 year
Give abdominal thrusts
Fast Respiratory rate possibly reasons
Sepsis Fever Pain Dehydration CHD Anemia
What is an ominous clinical sign of impending arrest in infant or children
Bradypnea or irregular RR in acutely ill children
Three types of apnea
- Central Apnea
- Obstructive
- Mixed Apnea
Central Apnea is…
No respiratory effort
Obstructive Apnea is…
Inspiratory effort without airlfow
Mixed Apnea is…
Periods of obstructive and central apnea
When do agonal gasps present in a child?
Very late deterioration
Increased respiratory rate is from
conditions that increase resistance to airflow
Examples of conditions that increase resistance to airlfow
Bronchitis, Asthma
Anything that causes stiff lungs and difficult to inflate
3 objective signs of a child trying to compensate and increase respers
- Nasal Flaring
- Retractions
- Head bobbing/seesaw respirations
Retractions
inward movement of the chest wall/tissues/sternum during inspiration. Trying to move air into the lungs
Retractions w/ stridor or an inspiratory snoring
Upper Airway Obstruction
Retractions by expiratory wheezing
Lower Airway Obstruction
obstruction during both ins and exp
Retractions WITH
grunting or labored respirations
Lung Tissue Disease - Grunting to keep the alveoli open
Head Bobbing is using what muscles
neck muscles
Seesaw respirations are seen in children w/
neuromuscular disease
Tidal volume measurement
5 to 7ml/kg
Minute Ventilation Equation
RR X Tidal Volume