ATCN 2020 Chapter 10 Outline Pediatric Trauma Page 188 Questions & Answers

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ATCN 2020 Chapter 10 Outline Pediatric Trauma Page 188 Questions & Answers _________________________________________ is a significant stress factor in children. - ANS-Thermal energy loss is a sign... ificant stress factor in children. The optimal endotracheal tube depth (in centimeters) can be calculated as: - ANS-Three times the appropriate tube size. For example, a 4.0 ETT would be properly positioned at 12 cm from the gum line. The smallest area of a young child's airway is: - ANS-At the cricoid ring, which forms a natural seal around an unruffled ETT. The use of a ______________________ ETT even in toddlers and small children, provides the benefit of improving ventilation and carbon dioxide management, resulting in improved cerebral blood flow. - ANS-The use of a cuffed ETT The ideal ETT cuff pressure is: - ANS-30 mm hg A simple technique to gauge the ETT size needed for a specific patient is to: - ANS-Approximate the diameter of the child's external nares or tip of the child's smallest finger and use the tube with the smaller diameter. Infants have a more pronounced _______________________________________ to endotracheal intubation than do children and adults, and they may experience bradycardia with direct laryngeal stimulation. - ANS-Vagal response Bradycardia in infants is more likely due to ________________________. - ANS-Hypoxia _____________________________________________________________________________________ is the preferred method of obtaining a definitive airway control. - ANS-Orotracheal intubation under direct vision with restriction of cervical motion is the preferred method of obtaining a definitive airway control. Do not perform __________________________________ in children - ANS-Do not perform nasal intubation in children... [Show More]

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