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When you are assessing a three-year-old who is in respiratory distress, which of the following assessment findings should be MOST concerning to you?
 
  A) Retractions observed above the clavicles
  B) Abdominal movement during breathing
  C) Heart rate of 110 beats per minute
  D) Respiratory rate of 28 breaths per minute

Question 2

You are called for a seven-year-old boy with difficulty breathing. Using the pediatric assessment triangle, you notice that the boy is sitting upright in the tripod position. This observation is obtained during which part of the assessment triangle?
 
  A) Appearance
  B) Work of Breathing
  C) Circulation to the skin
  D) Respiratory status



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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B





 

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