What is the ideal way to transport a pediatric trauma patient?
a. with her firmly immobilized on a long backboard
b. restrained so as to not to escape and cause further injury
c. quickly, as children tend to decompensate faster than adults
d. with a parent in the back with you to help calm the child
Question 2
What is the BEST way to gain a parents' confidence?
a. show your competence and compassion while managing their child
b. tell them that everything is going to be OK and rush the child to the squad
c. use adult-sized equipment on their child and explain that it will work better
d. speak in a way that is firm and direct in order to minimize their panic
Measuring Patient Height
Taking a Patient’s Temperature with a Tympanic Thermometer
Fast Axoplasmic Transport
Example of a patient’s ledger in practice management software.
Assisting a falling patient.
A Comparison of Transport Types