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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

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 2. A provider is forming an initial impression of a child using the Pediatric Assessment Triangle (PAT). During which step of the PAT may the provider use the mnemonic TICLS to assess the patient?: Appearance 3. A child being cared for in the pediatric telemetry unit suddenly di...

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 2. 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 3. A 9-year-old patient is presenting with decreased breath sounds, bradycardia, slowed respiratory rate ...

What are the rate limits for sinus tachycardia in both infants and children- : Sinus tachycardia less than 220 infants less than 180 children 2. What heart rate is exceeded for ventricular tachycardia in children and infants: Vtach Greater than 220 infants greater than 180 children 3. Treatment plans for SVT: Vagals with ice adenosine cardioversion amiodarone