Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses Pediatric Trauma Study Set with Questions and Answers

_________________________________________ is a significant stress factor in children. Thermal energy loss is a significant stress factor in children. The optimal endotracheal tube depth (in centimeters) can be calculated as: Three times the appropriate tube size. For example, a 4.0 ETT would be properly positioned at 12 cm from the gum line. The smallest area of a young child's airway is: At the cricoid ring, which forms a natural seal around an unruffled ETT. The use of a ______________________ ETT even in toddlers and small children, provides the benefit of improving ventilation and carbon dioxide management, resulting in improved cerebral blood flow. The use of a cuffed ETT The ideal ETT cuff pressure is: 30 mm hg A simple technique to gauge the ETT size needed for a specific patient is to: Approximate the diameter of the child's external nares or tip of the child's smallest finger and use the tube with the smaller diameter. Infants have a more pronounced _______________________________________ to endotracheal intubation than do children and adults, and they may experience bradycardia with direct laryngeal stimulation. Vagal response Bradycardia in infants is more likely due to ________________________. Hypoxia _____________________________________________________________________________________is the preferred method of obtaining a definitive airway control. Orotracheal intubation under direct vision with restriction of cervical motion is the preferred method of obtaining a definitive airway control. Do not perform __________________________________ in children Do not perform nasal intubation in children Position the ETT __________________________ cm below the __________________________ and secure in place. Position the ETT 2 to 3 cm below the vocal cords and secure in place.