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Definition
Airway
Breathing
Circulation
Disability
Exposure |
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Term
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Definition
| Increase work of breathing often manifests as Tachypnea |
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Term
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Definition
Tone
Interactiveness
Consolability
Look or Gaze
Speech or Cry |
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Term
Pediatric assessment triangle
(PAT) |
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Definition
A structured assessment tool that allows you to rapidly form a general impression of a pediatric patient without touching him/her. 15 - 20 second visual assessment of the pediatric patient. Consists of 3 elements
1. Appearance, muscle tone and mental status
2.Work of breathing
3. Circulation to the skin |
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Term
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Definition
| The brain tissue and cerebral vasculature are fragile and prone to bleeding from shaking forces |
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Term
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Definition
First month after birth
30 - 60 BPM's |
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Term
| Childs Respiratory system |
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Definition
Differ from adults and a larger, rounder occiput, or back of the head
A proportionately larger tongue relative to the size of the mouth, which is also in a more anterior location in the mouth.
The child's tongue is also larger relative to the small mandible and can easily block the airway
A long flappy U-shaped epiglotis in infants and toddlers is larger than adults, relative to the size of the airway, extends 45 degree angle into the airway |
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Term
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Definition
Less well developed rings of cartilage of the trachea that may easily collapse if the neck in flexed or hyperextended
A narrowing funnel shaped upper airway compared to that of a cylinder shaped lower airway |
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Term
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Definition
12 - 24 months
walk and explore with a vocab of 10 to 15 words
Can be comforted by a teddy bear or blanket
20 - 30 BPMs
Pulse of 90 - 150 |
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Term
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Definition
3 - 6 years of age
able to use simple language
Walk, run, catch and kick
Rich fantasy life, risk of foreign body airway obstruction is still high.
Never lie to this population
20 - 25 BPMs
Pulse 80 - 140 |
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Term
| When does adulthood begin? |
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Definition
| Adulthood ends at 21, but childhood ends at puberty |
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Term
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Definition
| Specialized medical practice devoted to the care of the young |
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Term
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Definition
6 - 12 years of age and act more like adults
Give these children appropriate choices
15-20 BPMs
Pulse 70-120 |
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Term
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Definition
| The result of disorganized electrical activity in the brain |
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Term
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Definition
A method of assessing the level of conciouseness by determining whether by determining whether the patient is
Awake and alert,
responsive to VERBAL stimuli
pain
unresposiveness
used principally early in the assessment process |
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Term
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Definition
| An inflammation / infection of the lung from a bacterial, viral, or fungal cause |
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Term
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Definition
| A simple sugar that is readily absorbed by the blood stream, it is carried on the EMS unit |
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Term
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Definition
Nature of illness
The general type of illness a patient is experiencing |
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Term
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
Mechanism of illness
The way in which traumatic injuries occur, the forces that act on the body to cause damage |
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Term
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Definition
Blood Pressure
Level of Consciousness
Skin; color, temp and moisture
Capillary refill time
Pulse; rate, rhythm, strength
Respiratory rate, effort, pattern |
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