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What is the generate age range for a paediatric patient? [ Ans: ]
birth to puberty
Up to what age do speciality paediatric hospitals typically accept
patients? [ Ans: ] up to 18 y/o
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What are the 3 components of the pediatric assessment triangle?
[ Ans: ] Appearance, work of breathing, circulation
What is the pneumonic to help us remember "appearance"
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assessments in the PAT? [ Ans: ] TICLS
Tone, interactivity, consolability, look/ gaze, speech
What two things must you do to assess work of breathing on a
paediatric? give details [ Ans: ] Look & listen:
- look at the chest, what position are they in
- listen if they are making noises, what sounds are they making
(wheezing, stridor, barking cough)
What does assessing circulation in the PAT? [ Ans: ] what is their
COLOUR: pale, mottled, cyanosed, rashes, bruising, visible
bleeding
Where is the best place to look for pallor in pigmented skin? [
Ans: ] nail bed, skin of palms, inside eye lid, roof of mouth
What are two things to always look for on the skin of a paediatric
patient? [ Ans: ] rashes and bruises
What does A refer to in the ABCDE assessment of paediatrics? [
Ans: ] Airway
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What do you assess for when looking at AIRWAY? [ Ans: ] Look -
inside mouth and nose, at chest and abdomen, drooling
Listen - how do they sound
Feel - sore/ swollen
Ask - coughing/ choking episodes
Describe the unique qualities of the paediatric airway? [ Ans: ]
large tongue, floppy/ ushaped/ long epiglottis, airway is more
anterior and higher, airway narrowest below vocal chords,
trachea is flexible
Describe an open paediatric airway [ Ans: ] requires no outside
assistance, doesn't need to be ventilated,
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Describe a maintainable paediatric airway [ Ans: ] needs basic
airway maneuvers to keep airway patent and ventilate if needed
Describe an unmaintainable paediatric airway [ Ans: ] requires
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advanced techniques to keep airway patent (intubation/ FBAO
removal), and ventilations required
How might we manage a paediatric airway (4)? [ Ans: ] position:
body, head, jaw
adjuncts: options for different sizes and needs, NPAs, OPAs, SGAs,
ETT, Noodle crics
Suction: bulb, oral, meconium aspirator, deep
Magill's: FBAO removal
What does B refer to in the ABCDE assessment of paediatrics? [
Ans: ] breathing
What do we look for when assessing a paediatrics breathing? [
Ans: ] Pattern: regular/ irregular
Rate: fast (compensation), slow (decompensating)
Signs of distress: head bobbing, retractions/ indrawing, weak cry,
see saw, grunting/ moaning
What is considered a normal respiration rate for infants? [ Ans: ]
30-53/min
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Pediatrics - PALS Questions and Answers
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What is the generate age range for a paediatric patient? [ Ans: ]
birth to puberty
Up to what age do speciality paediatric hospitals typically accept
patients? [ Ans: ] up to 18 y/o
© 2025 Assignment Expert
What are the 3 components of the pediatric assessment triangle?
[ Ans: ] Appearance, work of breathing, circulation
What is the pneumonic to help us remember "appearance"
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assessments in the PAT? [ Ans: ] TICLS
Tone, interactivity, consolability, look/ gaze, speech
What two things must you do to assess work of breathing on a
paediatric? give details [ Ans: ] Look & listen:
- look at the chest, what position are they in
- listen if they are making noises, what sounds are they making
(wheezing, stridor, barking cough)
What does assessing circulation in the PAT? [ Ans: ] what is their
COLOUR: pale, mottled, cyanosed, rashes, bruising, visible
bleeding
Where is the best place to look for pallor in pigmented skin? [
Ans: ] nail bed, skin of palms, inside eye lid, roof of mouth
What are two things to always look for on the skin of a paediatric
patient? [ Ans: ] rashes and bruises
What does A refer to in the ABCDE assessment of paediatrics? [
Ans: ] Airway
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What do you assess for when looking at AIRWAY? [ Ans: ] Look -
inside mouth and nose, at chest and abdomen, drooling
Listen - how do they sound
Feel - sore/ swollen
Ask - coughing/ choking episodes
Describe the unique qualities of the paediatric airway? [ Ans: ]
large tongue, floppy/ ushaped/ long epiglottis, airway is more
anterior and higher, airway narrowest below vocal chords,
trachea is flexible
Describe an open paediatric airway [ Ans: ] requires no outside
assistance, doesn't need to be ventilated,
© 2025 Assignment Expert
Describe a maintainable paediatric airway [ Ans: ] needs basic
airway maneuvers to keep airway patent and ventilate if needed
Describe an unmaintainable paediatric airway [ Ans: ] requires
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advanced techniques to keep airway patent (intubation/ FBAO
removal), and ventilations required
How might we manage a paediatric airway (4)? [ Ans: ] position:
body, head, jaw
adjuncts: options for different sizes and needs, NPAs, OPAs, SGAs,
ETT, Noodle crics
Suction: bulb, oral, meconium aspirator, deep
Magill's: FBAO removal
What does B refer to in the ABCDE assessment of paediatrics? [
Ans: ] breathing
What do we look for when assessing a paediatrics breathing? [
Ans: ] Pattern: regular/ irregular
Rate: fast (compensation), slow (decompensating)
Signs of distress: head bobbing, retractions/ indrawing, weak cry,
see saw, grunting/ moaning
What is considered a normal respiration rate for infants? [ Ans: ]
30-53/min
