PALS Chapter 3 Quiz

Select the best response from the answer choices following each question.

1. The Pediatric Assessment Triangle includes three factors to give clinicians an initial impression of an acutely ill child. One of these factors is:

2. Which of the following interventions is a noninvasive technique to open the airway of an unconscious pediatric patient or a pediatric patient in cardiac arrest?

3. What is the normal respiratory rate of an infant?

4. The total cessation of breathing caused by the failure of respiratory centers is:

5. Referring to the A, B, C, D, and E survey, the ‘D’ corresponds to:

6. The American Heart Association PALS Systematic Approach Algorithm guides the clinician on the first approach to diagnose a critically ill child. Which of the following factors gives an initial impression and most reliably indicates the status of an acutely ill pediatric patient?

7. A critically ill 5-year-old girl went into septic shock after prolonged bacteremia due to a staphylococcal infection that has also affected her heart. When should CPR begin in this case?

8. 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?