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ITLS test review EXAM QUALIFIED QUESTIONS AND ANSWRS GRADED A+ what is the proper amount of inflation of a BVM on a child? - ANSWER - less than 20cm H2O to keep from inflating the stomach or causing a pneumothorax. BVM ventilation rate for a child less than a year old? - ANSWER - 20 per minute BVM ventilation rate for a child greater than 1 year old? - ANSWER - 15 per minute BVM ventilation rate for an adolescent? - ANSWER - 10 per minute blind nasotracheal intubation in childre...

Hypoxemia - The most common cause of cardiopulmonary arrest in the trauma patient Cardiac output - Heart rate x stroke volume Shock - Condition that occurs when perfussion of the bodies tissues with oxygen, glucose, electrolytes and fluid becomes inadequate. Compensated shock - Weakness, lightheaded, pallor, tachy, diaphoresis, tachypenia, decreased urine output, weak peripheral pulses Decompinsated shock - Hypotension, altered mental status, cardiac arres