Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Bundle

10 seconds - 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...

Ratio of compressions to ventilations for two rescuer CPR on infant or child? - Answer 15:2 Pedi SBP HOTN formula for ages 1-10? - Answer 70 + (2x age in years) Hypoglycemia infant? - Answer <60 mg/dl Hypoglycemia Neonate? - Answer <45 mg/dl HOTN SBP Infant? - Answer 70 m...

Which topics are included in the PALS course ? - Answer PALS includes the following: (1) Overview of assessment (2) Recognition and management of respiratory distress and failure (3) Recognition and management of shock (4) Recognition and management of cardiac arrhythmias (5) Recognition and...

1. A 5-year-old child presents with lethargy, increased work of breathing, and pale color. The primary assessment reveals that the airway is open and the respiratory rate is 30/min, with crackles heard on auscultation. The cardiac monitor shows sinus tachycardia at a rate of 165/min. The pulse oxime...

Which pulses should be assessed to monitor systemic perfusion in a child? - Answer peripheral and central What should the first rescuer arriving on the scene of an unresponsive infant or child do? (in order) - Answer 1. verify scene safety 2. check for responsiveness 3. shout for help 4. a...

What do weak central pulses indicate a need for immediate intervention to prevent? - Answer Cardiac arrest What is the best example of the Team Leader role? - Answer Models excellent team behavior What happens when airway resistance increases? - Answer Work of breathing increase Which...

You are called to help treat an infant with severe symptomatic bradycardia (heart rate 66/min) associated with respiratory distress. The bradycardia persists despite establishment of an effective airway, oxygenation, and ventilation. There is no heart block present. Which is the first drug you shoul...

infant has vomiting and diarrhea, RR 40, pulses are rapid and weak, cool extremities, BP 85/65, glucose 30 you administer oxygen 100% and start an IV what treatment is most appropriate for this infant? - Answer Administer a bolus of isotonic crystalloid 20 ml/kg over 5-20 minutes, and also g...

primary assessment - Answer "ABCDE" Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure primary assessment: airway - Answer assess: ask pt to speak, look for movement of chest/abd, listen for air movement; decide if airway is clear, maintainable, or not maintainable life-threatening: a...

what should the first rescuer arriving on the scene of an unresponsive infant or child do? - Answer verify scene safety, check responsiveness, shout for help, activate emergency response system How long should assessing for breathing and checking for a pulse take? - Answer No longer than 10 s...

How long should assessing for breathing and a pulse take? A) no longer than 20 seconds B) no longer than 10 seconds C) no longer than 15 seconds D) no longer than 5 seconds - Answer B) no longer than 10 seconds What should you do to check for breathing? A) look for chest rise and fall B) ...

Where can you check a pulse on an infant and child? infant - brachial child - femoral What are signs of increased respiratory effort that can lead to fatigue and respiratory failure? Select all that apply nasal flaring unlabored breathing apnea seesaw respirations retracti...