Solutions Graded A+
Preparation and Triage
(may occur after the across-the-room observation if not arriving by ambulance)
1. - Answer: States the need to activate the trauma or resuscitation team
2. - Answer: - States the need to prepare the trauma or resuscitation room
- Pediatric protocols and dosing guidelines
- Pediatric equipment
- Length-based resuscitation tape
3. - Answer: States the need to don PPE
"The patient has just arrived."
Across-the-Room Observation
4. - Answer: Assess for uncontrolled external hemorrhage and the need to reprioritize to <C>ABC
5. - Answer: Identifies the three components of the Pediatric Assessment Triangle AND categorizes the
patient as "Sick, Sicker, or Sickest"•
Appearance
Work of breathing
Circulation to the skin
, Appearance:
- Tone
- Interactions
- Consolability
- Look/gaze
- Speech/cry
Work of breathing:
- tachypnea
- stridor
- grunting
- retractions
- accessory muscle use
- nasal flaring
- head bobbing
- abnormal positioning
Circulation to the skin:
- pallor/flushed
- mottled
- cyanosis
Primary Survey
Airway and Alertness
**6. Assesses level of consciousness using AVPU - Answer: **