Chapter 31: Care of highly dependent and critically ill children and young people
1. These are the most essential bed-side equipment for all critical care admissions:
- Wall suction, fluids, EtCO2 monitor, Guedel airway, ambu-bag, face-mask
- ECG, yankuer suction, ambu-bag, suction catheter, Guedel airway
- Wall suction, yankuer suction, soft suction catheters, ambu-bag, Guedel airway, face-mask
- Yankuer suction, ambu-bag, nurse, drugs, wall suction, suction catheters
2. In an airway emergency, DOPES stands for
- Displacement, obstruction, patient, ETT, stomach
- Displacement, obstruction, pneumothorax, equipment, stomach
- Displacement, obstruction, pale, ETT, stomach
- Drowsy, obstruction, pale, equipment, stomach
3. Which of these assessments are non-invasive?
- GCS, behaviour, central venous pressure
- GCS, central venous pressure, pulse rate
- Capillary refill time, heart rate, central venous pressure
- Pulse rate, pulse volume, capillary refill time
4. In the deteriorating child a flash capillary refill time shows:
- Low cardiac output and vasoconstriction
- High cardiac output and vasodilation
- High cardiac output and vasoconstriction
- Low cardiac output and vasodilation
5. Cardiac output in the deteriorating child can be optimised with:
- Fluids only
- Drugs only
- Antibiotics
- Fluids and drugs