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Pediatric Emergency Nursing Practice questions for this set Terms in this set (35) Shortcomings in Pediatric Emergency Care -children make up 27% of all ER visits -only 6% of US ER's have the equipment and supplies necessary to manage a pediatric
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CGAP - Certified Government Auditing Professional
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CGAP - Certified Government Auditing Professional
Pediatric Emergency Nursing
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Shortcomings in Pediatric Emergency Care -children make up 27% of all ER visits
-only 6% of US ER's have the equipment and supplies necessary to manage a pediatric emergency
-only 50% have 85% of what y...
Pediatric Emergency Nursing
Jeremiah
Practice questions for this set
Terms in this set (35)
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-children make up 27% of all ER visits
-only 6% of US ER's have the equipment and supplies necessary to manage a pediatric
Shortcomings in Pediatric Emergency Care
emergency
-only 50% have 85% of what you need
-trauma
-near drowning
-burns
Why Children Come to the ER
-injury d/t falls, accidents, sports
-acute illness
-respiratory issues
-triage
--emergency severity scale
---a five level system to categorize patients based on level of emergency and services
that will be required
Emergency Care=Patient flow 1. resuscitation
2. emergent
3. urgent
4. semi urgent
5. non-urgent
-smaller
-increase risk for multiple injuries
-elastic connective tissue
-multiple organs in close proximity
Children are Different -very pliable skeletons
-less fat
-less fluid
-increased surface area to body volume in an infant leads to increases in fluid and heat
loss
-prevent cardiac arrest and injuries
-early CPR
Pediatric Chain of Survival -early access to EMS
-early advanced care
-PALS
-is the airway open?
-is the patient conscious?
Airway Assessment
-does patient have secretions?
-is the patient unconscious?
-if no cervical injury position to promote good air flow
-sitting forward
Airway Interventions -suction secretions
-100% oxygen delivery
-oxygen saturation monitoring
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