Assessment Quiz 2

1. Which of the following diagnostic assessment tools measures the oxygen and carbon dioxide content in arterial blood to assess the ventilation and perfusion of an acutely critically ill child?

2. Which of the following disease conditions, if not treated promptly, rapidly progresses into cardiac arrest, particularly in the critically ill pediatric patient?

3. Which of the following tests can be used to assess brain function?

4. You are assessing a 4-year-old boy with altered mental status after falling from a height of 5 feet in the park. Pupillary response to light is abnormal with a unilaterally dilated pupil in the right eye. You conclude that the patient has:

5. You are assessing the neurologic status of a pediatric patient in anaphylactic shock and using the Glasgow Coma Scale. What is the GCS score of the patient who has spontaneous eye-opening, obeys commands, and is oriented and converses with the clinician?

6. You must know how to evaluate a critically ill child’s respiratory effort. Which one of the following clinical signs always suggests that the patient is having increased work of breathing, which can lead to respiratory failure and respiratory arrest?

7. You suspect a 7-year-old has cardiac tamponade after a gunshot wound to the chest sustained during a mass school shooting. Which of the following tools would be best to evaluate this pediatric patient?