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...

PALS Exam 2022 Questions and Answers 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...

PALS Exam 50 Questions (Answered) Ratio of compressions to ventilations for two rescuer CPR on infant or child? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS 15:2 Pedi SBP HOTN formula for ages 1-10? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS 70 + (2x age in years) Hypoglycemia infant? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS <60 mg/dl Hypoglycemia Neonate? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS <45 mg/dl HOTN SBP Infant? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS 70 mm hg HOTN SBP Neonate? - THE CORRECT ANSWER IS 60 mm hg Uncuffed tube size formula - THE CORRE...

PALS Updated FINAL EXAM A 12-year-old child being evaluated in the pediatric intensive care unit displays the following ECG waveform. The team interprets this as which arrhythmia? – second degree Laboratory tests are ordered for a child who has been vomiting for 3 days and is diaphoretic, tachypneic, lethargic and pale. Which test would the provider use to determine the adequacy of oxygen delivery?