PALS POST TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

PALS POST TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Provide bag-mask ventilation with 100% oxygen - Answer-An unresponsive 9 year old boy was given a dose of rectal valium by his caretaker for a prolonged seizure. His BP is 80/40 mmHg, HR is 45/min, respiratory rate is 6/min, and SpO2 is 60% no room air. He is unresponsive and cyanotic. The cardiac monitor displays the rhythm shown here. What is your next action? Heart rate of 88/min - Answer-A 10 year old child is being evaluated for a head ache. Which is a normal finding for this 10 year old child? Alert - Answer-A 5 year old child is brought to the emergency department by ambulance after being involved in a MVC. You are using the primary assessment to evaluate the child. When assessing the Childs neurological status, you note that he has spontaneous eye opening, is fully oriented, and is able to follow command. How would you document this Childs AVPU pediatric response scale finding? Hypoxia - Answer-A 6 month old infant is being evaluated for bradycardia. Which is the most likely cause of bradycardia? oxygen saturation - Answer-You are caring for a 5 year old boy with a 4 day history of high fever and cough. He is having increasing lethargy, grunting, and sleepiness. Now he is difficult to arouse and is unresponsive to voice commands. His O2 sat is 72% on room air and 89% when on a NRB O2 mask. He has shallow respirations, with a respiratory rate of 38/min. Auscultation of the lungs reveals bilateral crackles. Which assessment finding is consistent with respiratory failure in this child?