Pediatric Emergencies Flashcards
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For a 10 kg child in cardiac arrest, what is the correct defibrillation dose?
Answer: 2 J/kg (20 J)
Initial pediatric defibrillation is 2 J/kg; subsequent shocks are 4 J/kg.
Croup (laryngotracheobronchitis) is most recognizable by:
Answer: Barking seal-like cough and stridor
Croup causes characteristic barking cough and inspiratory stridor due to subglottic edema.
The Broselow tape is used in pediatric emergencies to:
Answer: Estimate weight-based drug dosing and equipment sizing
The Broselow tape uses a child's length to estimate weight and provides color-coded drug doses and equipment sizes.
Signs of dehydration in a pediatric patient include all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer: Bounding peripheral pulses
Dehydration causes weak, not bounding, pulses due to reduced circulating volume.
Which of the following best describes compensated shock in a pediatric patient?
Answer: Normal blood pressure with tachycardia and poor perfusion
Children compensate for shock by maintaining near-normal BP through tachycardia and vasoconstriction — hypotension is a late, ominous sign.
What is the appropriate management for a suspected foreign body airway obstruction in a conscious infant?
Answer: 5 back blows alternating with 5 chest thrusts
Conscious infants with FBAO are treated with alternating 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts, not abdominal thrusts.