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Emergency medical An anaphylactic reaction produces wheezing,
services rush a girl, age flushed skin, and hypotension because of
4, to the emergency vasodilation. Although foreign body aspiration and
department. The child asthma exacerbation may cause wheezing, they do
was at her day care not typically cause skin flushing and hypotension.
center when she An acute viral illness is not associated with such an
developed sudden-onset abrupt onset. Expect to counsel the child's
wheezing after eating caregivers to have the child undergo allergy testing
cookies to celebrate because the cookies may have contained an
another child's birthday. ingredient that led to her anaphylaxis.
During the ambulance
ride to the hospital, the
child demonstrated
flushed skin, and her
blood pressure was
lower than expected.
Which disorder should
you suspect?
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Alyssa, age 4, is brought At this time, based on Alyssa's history and signs and
to the emergency symptoms, the priority is assessing the work of
department by her breathing to determine her level of respiratory
parents, who inform you distress. Assessing the work of breathing is one of
that Alyssa has had a bad the three components of the Pediatric Assessment
cough for the past 5 Triangle. Expect to perform all of the other
days. They also inform assessments, but they are not the initial priority.
you that Alyssa has
asthma. You observe that
Alyssa is quiet and pale.
What is your first priority
in triage for Alyssa?
A. Assess the work of
breathing.
B. Obtain a temperature.
C. Measure oxygen
saturation.
D. Measure the blood
pressure.
Which parameter is part Vital signs are an important part of the secondary
of the secondary survey? survey. The Pediatric Assessment Triangle, which is
completed on the child's presentation to the
A. Work of breathing emergency department, uses three physiologic
parameters to evaluate the severity of illness and
B. General appearance injury: general appearance, work of breathing, and
circulation to the skin.
C. Circulation to the skin f 52 to 92 mm Hg, and weight of 3 kg.
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What is the most Febrile illness is by far the most common cause of
common cause of status status epilepticus in pediatric patients. However,
epilepticus in pediatric status epilepticus may also be a manifestation of
patients? anoxia, infection, trauma, ingestion, or metabolic
disorder.
A. Trauma
B. Anoxia
C. Febrile illness
D. Infection
Bronchiolitis is a viral illness that causes
expiratory obstruction,
Which viral illness is
air trapping, and
potentially life
thick, copious mucous,
threatening in very young
resulting in varying degrees of respiratory distress.
infants?
A. Croup
It can be life threatening in very young infants and in
B. Pertussis
high-risk patients, such as those who have a
C. Epiglottitis
congenital heart defect, a chronic lung disease,
D. Bronchiolitis
human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, or
chromosomal abnormalities.
a common viral illness of young pediatric patients,
what is Croup
but it is rarely life threatening.
Pertussis and epiglottitis bacterial infections that are preventable with
are immunization.
Hypoglycemia
Which abnormality
should you expect to find
Cold stress may precipitate hypoglycemia but does
in a cold-stressed
not cause hypercalcemia, hypocalcemia, or
neonate?
hypokalemia.
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