Compléter Pediatric Airway Management: Fill in the Blanks ChallengeVersion en ligne Test your knowledge on pediatric airway management with this engaging fill-in-the-blanks game! par tryan555@hotmail.com 1 blocked clear ope larger different smaller Pediatric airway management is a critical aspect of Post operative care because they are and harder to keep 2 different lower resistance metabolism need demand usage higher consumption Pediatric patients have a oxygen and . 3 Higher smaller Lower larger insufficient lower higher duplicate extra Having a Oxygen demand , this results in the Pediatric patient having a functional residual capacity and reserve . 4 greater code ventilation bigger extubation bagging facial intubation Lesser thoracic abdominal In addition , a pediatric patient has a risk of distention due to emergent Bag Valve Mask ( BVM ) prior to . 5 full nails low level no high faint metal pitched occasional Infant occluded airways present as an insufficient air intake that usually is shown by a screeching sound , like on a chalkboard to sound at all . 6 lower hardly difficult to constrictive easily opened mask trach floppy valve hand occluded tube Infant airway obstruction can result from a Voice box . The larynx in a small child / infant can be during BVM by the rescuer's fingers of the C that is holding the in a tight position . 7 neck Hyperextension Hyperflexion higher than lower than downward opening head flat Alignment spine closure shoulders upward distortion line in of the infant's neck can cause a of the airway . Instead , a roll should be placed to support the and , so that the infant's facial features will be with each other in a , level way . 8 puff increased only abdomen more than double fast thoracic cheeks move intrathoracic vomitting chest decreased rise intra-abdominal abdominal slowly pneumothorax Bagging an infant or child should be done and use enough air to make the visually start to . Bagging too aggressively can cause distention and possible due to increasing pressures . 9 airway swelling infection possible screeching widening coughing lung surface flaring swelling fluid narrowing underlying barking congestion lining secretions guessed toxins bending virus Children with Croup have a thickening of their inside the trachea . This results a of the airway which ends up causing the child's cough to appear more like a sound . This can be from an or simple and will be treated by the physician based on what the test shows is the cause . 10 airway baby shrinks grows teenager adult stages 15 12 opens facial features oxygen needs 10 development lungs Children's airways consistent with each stage of pediatric . By years of age , a child's is considered comparable to an and usually would be treated as such unless other issue with the airway exist .