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PALS FINAL EXAM STUDY TEST. 1. Conditions that [blank] air resistance lead to increased res- piratory [blank]. 2. What are the signs of increased respiratory effort that can lead to fatigue & respiratory failure? 3. Determine the respi- ratory rate by count- ing the number of times the chest rises in [blank] seconds & mul- tiplying by [blank]. Increased Ettort Nasal flaring Retractions Head bobbing Seesaw respirations 30 2 4. Tachypnea is often the Distress first sign of respiratory [blank] in infants. 5. What do central chemoreceptors re- spond to? 6. Why may excessive Hydrogen ions in the cerebrospinal fluid It impedes venous return ventilation during CPR It increases intrathoracic pressure be harmful? 7. What should you do if you cannot achieve effective ventilation Reposition the airway Verify the mask size with a bag-mask de- vice? 8. How are effective oxy- genation & ventilation assessed? 9. How can gastric infla- tion impair bag-mask ventilation? 10. What is the most ap- propriate precaution- ary action to minimize gastric inflation dur- ing a bag-mask venti- lation? 11. Which is true about the difference be- tween hypoxemia & tissue hypoxia? 12. What does hyperven- tilation, which refers to increased alveolar ventilation, result in? 13. What happens to the arterial oxygen level in a child w/ severe ane- mia? Oxygen saturation Exhaled carbon dioxide Visible chest rise w/ each breath It decreases lung compliance Deliver each breath over about 1 second Tissue hypoxia can occur with normal arterial oxygen saturation PaCO2 less than 35 mm Hg May increase when dissolved oxygen is increased 14. Which is true of in- creased carbon diox- ide tension in arterial blood? 15. What happens when ventilation is inade- quate? May be caused by disordered control of breathing PaCO2 increases 16. What is a critical symp- Decreased level of consciousness

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PALS FINAL EXAM STUDY TEST.

1. Conditions that
Increased
[blank] air
Ettort
resistance lead to
increased res-
piratory [blank].

2. What are the Nasal
signs of increased flaring
respiratory effort Retractions
that can lead to Head
fatigue & bobbing
respiratory Seesaw respirations
failure?

3. Determine the 30
respi- ratory rate 2
by count- ing the
number of times
the chest rises in
[blank] seconds &
mul- tiplying by
[blank].

4. Tachypnea is often the
Distress first sign of
respiratory [blank] in
infants.

5. What do central Hydrogen ions in the cerebrospinal fluid
chemoreceptors
re- spond to?

6. Why may
It impedes venous return
excessive
ventilation during CPR It increases intrathoracic pressure
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be harmful?

7. What should you Reposition the
do if you cannot airway Verify the
achieve effective mask size
ventilation




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81

, PALS FINAL EXAM STUDY TEST.

with a bag-mask ventilation, result in?
de- vice?
13. What happens to the arterial oxygen
8. How are effective level in a child w/ severe ane- mia?
oxy- genation &
ventilation
assessed?

9. How can gastric
infla- tion impair
bag-mask
ventilation?

10. What is the most
ap- propriate
precaution- ary
action to minimize
gastric inflation
dur- ing a bag-
mask venti-
lation?

11. Which is true
about the
difference be-
tween hypoxemia
& tissue
hypoxia?

12. What does
hyperven- tilation,
which refers to
increased
alveolar

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81

, PALS FINAL EXAM STUDY TEST.

led carbon dioxide
Visible chest rise w/ each

O breath It decreases lung
x
compliance
y
g
e
n Deliver each breath over about 1 second

s
a
t
u
r
a Tissue hypoxia can occur with normal arterial oxygen saturation
t
i
o
n
PaCO2 less than 35 mm Hg
E
x
h
a
May increase when dissolved oxygen is increased




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