AHA PALS EXAM BUNDLE (GRADED A+)

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 Co...

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? -ANSWER second degree Laboratory tests are ordered for a child who has been vomiting for 3 days and is diaphoretic, tachypneic, lethargic and...

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 no...

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 mm hg

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...

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? -ANSWER Lactate A provider is forming an initial impression of a child using the Pediatric ...