Pediatric Emergency Medicine Test | 50 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Updated 2023

TRUE or FALSE: Pediatric behavior usually reflects the state that the child is in (crying and screaming is bad) - FALSE! - Screaming is almost always better than not screaming in a kid if you know there is some underlying disease (because not screaming or crying could mean CRITICAL illness) Crying in kids often means (illness/fear) - FEAR RECALL: Wheezing in young children is usually due to ______ or _______ - RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) or ASTHMA TEST: The trachea in children are (small/large), (mobile/immobile), and (rigid/flexible) which puts the kids at risk for ________, the most common cause for _____ - SMALL, MOBILE, and FLEXIBLE which puts the kids at risk for TRACHEOMALACIA, the most common cause for CROUP TEST/TEST: Why are kids more likely to develop otitis media? - The angle of the Eustachian tube in kids tends to be STRAIGHT and NOT ANGLED, making it HARDER to DRAIN and increases the risk of developing middle ear infections! When kids have a cervical fractures, we really need to worry about what vertebra? - C2!