PEPP/PEPP Complete Exam 2022
- steps of assessment flowchart - Answer Prearrival prep 2) scene szie up 3) General
- questions PAT answers? - Answer 1) How severe is child's illness 2) What is most
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assessment using PAT 4) Additional assessment PAT - Answer appearance, work of breathing, circulation to skin Elements of PAT are? __ and ___ - Answer auditory and visual clues obtained from across the room Most important factor of PAT in determining severity of illness - Answer Appearance TICLS mnemonic - Answer Tone, interactiveness, consolability, look/gaze, and speech/cry A child with acetaminophen, iron, or cyclic antidepressants may not? Blunt injury with slow intestinal bleeding may not? - Answer Show symptoms immediately after ingestion/ Show symptoms until later Stridor - Answer high pitched sound hear on inspiration or inspiration and expiration Bronchiolitis - Answer viral respiratory infection in infants Sniffing position signals - Answer severe upper airway obstruction Head bobbing - Answer use of neck muscles to help breathing during severe hypoxia Abnormal appearance and decreased work of breathing suggest - Answer impending respiratory arrest Key indicators of reduced circulation to skin and mucous membranes (3) - Answer Pallor, mottling, and cyanosis Mottling: - Answer patchy skin discoloration due to vasoconstriction/vasodilation Acrocyanosis?Normal? - Answer blue hands and feet in a newborn or infant less than 2 months of age/ normal Effortless tachypnea? - Answer reflex mechanism of blowing off CO2 to compensate for metabolic acidosis caused by poor peripheral perfusion/ sign of shock
likely p Grunting is often present in children with? - Answer Moderate to severe hypoxia