birth to 18 - Answers a patient is considered a pediatric patient between the ages of
neonate - Answers the first 28 days of life outside the uterus
infant - Answers 1-18 months
toddler - Answers 18-30 months
preschooler - Answers 30 months-5years
school age - Answers 6-12 years
adolescent - Answers 13-18 years
6 months - Answers children under what age cannot shiver
7 - Answers frontal sinuses develop at what age
ethmoid and maxillary - Answers the only sinuses present at birth
sphenoid - Answers the sinuses that develop at puberty
rapid induction - Answers since the induction of what the child no longer has to be subjected to long
induction times
temperature, urine output, cardiac function, oxygenation - Answers 4 parameters to monitor for the
pediatric patient
keep extremities wrapped and covered - Answers the most effective means for maintaining an infant's
body temperature in the OR
skin temperature - Answers in the OR what is the primary means of monitoring the pediatric patient
temperature
arterial blood gases (ABG's) - Answers the standard for monitoring oxygenation for all age groups of
surgical patients is measuring the
septic and hypovolemic - Answers the two common types of shock seen in all age groups
bradycardia - Answers a physiological response for the neonate affected by hypovolemic shock
tachycardia - Answers a physiological response for a typical adult affected by hypovolemic shock