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| Children between 12 to 18 years of age |
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| Apparent Life-Threatening Event |
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| An event that causes unresponsiveness, cyanosis, and apnea in an infant, who then resumes brreathing with stimulation |
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Slow respiratory rate
Ominous sign in a child that indicates impending respiratory arrest |
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Pulses that are closes to the core part of the body where the vital organs are located
Include the carotid, femoral, and apical pulses |
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| A general term applying to all forms of child abuse and neglect |
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| Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure |
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| A seizure the features rhythmic back-and-forth motion of an extremity and body stiffness |
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An uh soun heard during expiration
Reflects the child's attempt to keep the alveoli open
A sign of increased work of breathing |
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| The external openings of the nostrils |
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| Refusal or failure on the part of the caregiver to provide life necessities |
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| A form of bacterial meningitis characterized by rapid onset of symptoms, often leading to shock and death |
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| Peadatric Assessment Triangle |
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A structured assessment tool that allows you to rapidly form a general impression of the infant or child without touching him or her
Consists of assessing appearnace, work of breeathing, and circulation to the skin |
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| Pediatric Resucitation Tape Measure |
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A tape used to estimate an infant or child's weight in the basis of length
Appropriate drug doses and equipment sizes are listed on the tape |
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| A specialzed medical practice devoted to the care of the young |
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An acute infection characterized by a catarrhal stage, followed by a paroxysmal cough that ends in a whooping inspiration
Whooping Cough |
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| Children between 3 to 6 years old |
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| Children between 6 to 12 years old |
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A syndrome seen in abused infants and children
The patient has been subjected to violent, whiplash-like shaking injuries inflicted by the abusing individual that amy cause coma, seizures, and increased intracranial pressure duee to tearing of the intracranial veins with consequent bleeding into the brain |
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| Optimum neutral head position for the uninjured child who requires airway management |
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| Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) |
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| Death of an infant or young child that reamins unexplained after a complete autopsy |
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| The period following infancy until 3 years of age |
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| Increased respiratory rate |
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An indicator of oxygenation and ventilation
Reflets attempt to compensate for hypoxia |
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