Exam 31: Pediatric Trauma

Why are infants and children highly vulnerable to head injury? I. Their head is large and heavy compared with the rest of the body. II. They lack mature judgment. III. They are uncoordinated. IV. They tend to move too fast.

What should be always assumed in the case of traumatic injury regardless of the mechanism?

What occurs to the victim during drowning after the victim has been immersed in water to the point of becoming hypercarbic, acidemic and worsening hypoxia?

A respiratory therapist is asked to rapidly assess adequacy of peripheral circulation while an intravenous line is placed. Which of the following methods should the therapist use?

The indications for resuscitative thoracotomy for pediatric trauma patients are a penetrating thoracic injury with no signs of life for what amount of time?

What form of injury is the major determinant of subsequent survival and long-term morbidity in cases of near drowning?

A respiratory therapist working in the emergency department has received report of a patient who suffered a traumatic brain injury and whose Glasgow Coma Scale score is 6. What should the therapist anticipate doing when the patient arrives?

Patients experiencing penetrating thoracic trauma presenting with subcutaneous emphysems in the neck and upper chest should be suspected of having what type of problem?

The presence of entrance wounds below the level of the nipples suggests which of the following types of injury?

A child with a head injury displays bruising discolorations around the orbits, or "raccoon eyes." What does this indicate?

When a victim's airway moves below the surface of a liquid, what is that person's first physiologic response?

Which of the following areas is evaluated on the Glasgow Coma Scale, used for the neurologic assessment of adults, older children, and adolescents?

Which of the following medications should be considered during the hypermetabolic state of a patient who has a burn injury?