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In which of the following situations may IO access be used? - Answer- An extremity with slow capillary refill time. A 2 - week old infant is being evaluated irritability and poor feeding. His blood pressure is 55/40 mm Hg and capillary refill time is 5 seconds. Which statement best describes your assessment of this infants blood pressure? - Answer- It is Hypotensive You are caring for patients in the emergency department. Which two year old requires immediate interventions? - Answer- A chi...

In which of the following situations may IO access be used? Answer - An extremity with slow capillary refill time. A 2 - week old infant is being evaluated irritability and poor feeding. His blood pressure is 55/40 mm Hg and capillary refill time is 5 seconds. Which statement best describes your assessment of this infants blood pressure?Answer - It is Hypotensive You are caring for patients in the emergency department. Which two year old requires immediate interventions?Answer - A c...

A 12-year-old child being evaluated in the pediatric intensive care unit displays the following ECG waveform. The team interprets this as which arrhythmia? (ANS- second degree Laboratory tests are ordered for a child who has been vomiting for 3 days and is diaphoretic, tachypneic, lethargic and pale. Which test would the provider use to determine the adequacy of oxygen delivery? (ANS- Lactate A 9-year-old patient is presenting with decreased breath sounds, bradycardia, slowed respiratory rate an...

Mikey, a 2-year-old boy, is sitting upright on a hospital bed in room 3 of your emergency department. Your initial impression from the door does not raise immediate concern. On your entry to the room, you are able to look at Mikey more closely and notice on inhalation his nostrils are flaring. This is a sign of: - Respiratory distress The proper site for a peripheral pulse assessment in the infant patient is: - brachial You are called to the scene of a 3-year-old patient who was found anxi...

10 seconds - correct answer A 6 month old infant is unresponsive. You begin checking for breathing at the same time you check for the infants pulse. Which is the maximum time you should spend when trying to simultaneously check for breathing and palpate the infants pulse before starting CPR? Disordered Control of Breathing - correct answer A 4 year old child is brought to the emergency department for seizures. The seizures stopped a few minutes ago, but the child continues to have slow and ir...

10 seconds - correct answer A 6 month old infant is unresponsive. You begin checking for breathing at the same time you check for the infants pulse. Which is the maximum time you should spend when trying to simultaneously check for breathing and palpate the infants pulse before starting CPR? Disordered Control of Breathing - correct answer A 4 year old child is brought to the emergency department for seizures. The seizures stopped a few minutes ago, but the child continues to have slow and ir...

A 4-month old infant is brought to the emergency department in cardiac arrest. Which condition would the team identify as the most common cause of cardiac arrest in an infant of this age? -Answer- sudden infant death syndrome is the most common cause in infants younger than 6 months of age. The PALS resuscitation team is providing care to an intubated child in cardiac arrest. Which result best determines the adequacy of the team's chest compressions? - Answer- End-tidal carbon dioxide lev...

BLS Assessment {{Correct Ans- Verify scene safety Check for responsiveness Shout for help Active the emergency response system Question: Where are pulses checked on a child? {{Correct Ans- Carotid or femoral Question: Where are pulses checked on an infant? {{Correct Ans- Brachial Question: An infant has normal breathing and a pulse, what is the next step? {{Correct Ans- Monitor until emergency responders arrive Question: An infant or child does not have normal breathing but has a puls...

You are caring for a child who was resuscitated after a drowning event. The child is intubated and ventilated with 100% oxygen with equal breath sounds and exhaled CO2 detected. The heart rate is slow and the monitor shows sinus bradycardia. The skin is cool, mottled, and moist; distal pulses are not palpable and the central pulses are weak. Intravenous access has been established. The core temperature is 37.3oC. Based on the PALS bradycardia algorithm, which of the following should be prov...

PALS 50 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

50 PALS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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