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CPEN BCEN Timed #1 Questions With Complete Solutions. A 1-year-old presents unconscious and is being ventilated with a bag-mask device. Ventilation has become progressively more difficult. Which of the following is the PRIORITY intervention? Place padding under the shoulders. A patient arrives to the emergency department intubated and ventilated via a bag-mask device. EMS reports that the patient fell from a climbing apparatus at school. Upon assessment, the patient is difficult to ventil...

CPEN: Resuscitation Questions With Correct Answers. What is the weight &/or age for Peds Defib pads? >1y/o use adult How much epi (PIV) should you draw up in mg & ml for 15 kg child? .15mg & 1.5ml (move decimal place 2 places for dose & 1 for volume) What drugs can be given via ETT tube? LEAN- lidocaine, epi, atropine, narcan When administering epi via ETT the dose should be______ that of IV. 10x Nasotracheal or endotracheal suctioning should be performed no longer th...

CPEN Review - Practice Test Q & A Rated Correctly 100% Priority intervention for epiglottitis Prepare for emergency airway Suspicion for neglect in school-age children Antisocial behaviors Rubeola (measles) S/S High fever, Koplik spots (white patches, not lesions) Rubella S/S No/low fever, sore throat, no oral lesions Varicella S/S Chicken pox, slight fever, no oral lesions Coxsackie Hand/foot/mouth, low-grade fever, vesicles Heat stroke interventions Aggres...

CPEN Exam (coont punch emergency nerd exam) Questions With 100% Correct Answers. Halo traction and Gardner wells tongs What would be a potential treatment for an unstable cervical spine fracture? Stretches and straightens a severely compressed or curved spine. Can be used in cervical instability. Function of halo traction Provides spinal traction for the reduction of a cervical spine injury Function of Gardner wells tongs Most commonly used trauma scoring system for adul...

CPEN Practice Questions & Rationales (Answered) Correctly To Score A+ An anxious adolescent presents with palpitations, a heart rate of 184 beats/min, and normal skin tone. Which of the following is the PRIORITY intervention? A. Obtain urine drug screen. B. Administer IV adenosine (Adenocard) rapidly. C. Instruct the patient to bear down. D. Provide comfort and reassurance. D. SVT is defined as heart rate >220 in infants and >180 in children. Thus putting the child in SVT. Search and...

CPEN Practice Questions & Rationales (Answered) Correctly To Score A+ An anxious adolescent presents with palpitations, a heart rate of 184 beats/min, and normal skin tone. Which of the following is the PRIORITY intervention? A. Obtain urine drug screen. B. Administer IV adenosine (Adenocard) rapidly. C. Instruct the patient to bear down. D. Provide comfort and reassurance. D. SVT is defined as heart rate >220 in infants and >180 in children. Thus putting the child in SVT. Search and...

CPEN Exam (coont punch emergency nerd exam) Questions With 100% Correct Answers. Halo traction and Gardner wells tongs What would be a potential treatment for an unstable cervical spine fracture? Stretches and straightens a severely compressed or curved spine. Can be used in cervical instability. Function of halo traction Provides spinal traction for the reduction of a cervical spine injury Function of Gardner wells tongs Most commonly used trauma scoring system for adul...

CPEN Review - Practice Test Q & A Rated Correctly 100% Priority intervention for epiglottitis Prepare for emergency airway Suspicion for neglect in school-age children Antisocial behaviors Rubeola (measles) S/S High fever, Koplik spots (white patches, not lesions) Rubella S/S No/low fever, sore throat, no oral lesions Varicella S/S Chicken pox, slight fever, no oral lesions Coxsackie Hand/foot/mouth, low-grade fever, vesicles Heat stroke interventions Aggres...

CPEN: Resuscitation Questions With Correct Answers. What is the weight &/or age for Peds Defib pads? >1y/o use adult How much epi (PIV) should you draw up in mg & ml for 15 kg child? .15mg & 1.5ml (move decimal place 2 places for dose & 1 for volume) What drugs can be given via ETT tube? LEAN- lidocaine, epi, atropine, narcan When administering epi via ETT the dose should be______ that of IV. 10x Nasotracheal or endotracheal suctioning should be performed no longer th...

CPEN BCEN Timed #1 Questions With Complete Solutions. A 1-year-old presents unconscious and is being ventilated with a bag-mask device. Ventilation has become progressively more difficult. Which of the following is the PRIORITY intervention? Place padding under the shoulders. A patient arrives to the emergency department intubated and ventilated via a bag-mask device. EMS reports that the patient fell from a climbing apparatus at school. Upon assessment, the patient is difficult to ventil...