PALS

PALS Exam (answered) 1. 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? a. 10 seconds b. 15 seconds c. 20 seconds d. 1 min 2. 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 irre...

PALS Exam (answered) 1. 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? a. 10 seconds b. 15 seconds c. 20 seconds d. 1 min 2. 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 irre...

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...

Ratio of compressions to ventilations for two rescuer CPR on infant or child? Correct Answer- 15:2 Pedi SBP HOTN formula for ages 1-10? Correct Answer-70 + (2x age in years) Hypoglycemia infant? Correct Answer-<60 mg/dl Hypoglycemia Neonate? Correct Answer-<45 mg/dl HOTN SBP Infant? Correct Answer-70 mm hg HOTN SBP Neonate? Correct Answer-60 mm hg Uncuffed tube size formula Correct Answer-Age in years / 4+4 Possible/Probable rate issue in infants Correct Answer-220 bpm Possible/ P...

Chest Compression depth: Infant Correct Answer-1.5 inch or 4 cm (1/3 AP Diameter) Chest Compression depth: Child Correct Answer-2 inches or 5 cm (1/3 AP Diameter) Maximum Compression depth: Infant Correct Answer-2.4 in or 6cm Infant/children/adolescent compression rate Correct Answer-100-120 compressions a minute Ratio for single rescuer Correct Answer-30 compressions 2 breaths Ratio for 2 rescuer Correct Answer-15 compressions 2 breaths Rate of rescue breathing Correct Answer-1 breath eve...