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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?Lactate A 9-year-old patient is presenting with decreased breath sounds, bradycardia, slowed respiratory rate and a ...

CPR SequenceC-A-B Circulation-Airway-Breathing Core Case Action Order (A,I,I)Assess Identify Intervene CBC (Assessment part 1 aka initial assessment)Consciousness Breathing Color ABCDE (Assessment part 2 aka primary assessment)Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure SAMPLE

SVT converting to sinus rhythm after adenosine administration Sinus bradycardia Sinus bradycardia - version 2 Normal sinus rhythm Asystole Wide complex tachycardia Wide complex tachycardia - version 2 Torsades de pointes Supraventricular tachycardia VF with successful defib and resumption of organized rhythm Pulseless electrical activity

A 5-year-old child with a history of a chronic neuromuscular disease is experiencing respiratory distress. The child is breathing spontaneously and receiving supplemental oxygen. Which additional intervention is a critical component of airway management for this patient?Airway clearance (e.g., suctioning) A child being cared for in the pediatric telemetry unit suddenly displays the following ECG waveform. The provider prepares to intervene because the child is demonstrating which type o...

The most determining factor in relation to a child's cardiac output is the?Heart rate What pharmacologic intervention in the presence of anaphylactic shock has almost no immediate benefit?Corticosteroids. What side effect is not commonly associated with the administration of albuterol?Bradycardia. When performing a pulse check in a child, the provider should?palpate the carotid pulse ( brachial artery in infants). The grunting sound heard in many lower airway diseases is caused by?air...

A 5-year-old child with a history of a chronic neuromuscular disease is experiencing respiratory distress. The child is breathing spontaneously and receiving supplemental oxygen. Which additional intervention is a critical component of airway management for this patient?Airway clearance (e.g., suctioning) A child being cared for in the pediatric telemetry unit suddenly displays the following ECG waveform. The provider prepares to intervene because the child is demonstrating which type o...

A provider is assessing a child with suspected shock. Which statement correctly describes hypotension and shock?Hypotension is not a consistent feature of shock presentation in children. A 10-year-old child has collapsed in the gym of the elementary school. The school nurse arrives and determines that the child is unresponsive. The school nurse then simultaneously checks for breathing and a central pulse, limiting this assessment to which time frame?No more than 10 seconds A 4-year-o...

10 secondsA 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 Control of BreathingA 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 irregular respirations. Which co...

10 secondsA 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 Control of BreathingA 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 irregular respirations. Which co...

A 5-year-old child with a history of a chronic neuromuscular disease is experiencing respiratory distress. The child is breathing spontaneously and receiving supplemental oxygen. Which additional intervention is a critical component of airway management for this patient?Airway clearance (e.g., suctioning) A child being cared for in the pediatric telemetry unit suddenly displays the following ECG waveform. The provider prepares to intervene because the child is demonstrating which type o...