Your patient is a nine-year-old female who was struck by a ...

[silviawilliams41]

Your patient is a nine-year-old female who was struck by a vehicle as she ran across the street. She is unresponsive and has a hematoma over the left parietal area and an open, depressed skull fracture on the right parietal area. She has bruising on the left flank and hip. She is breathing irregularly at 8 times per minute and has a heart rate of 56. She has a faint carotid pulse but no radial pulse. Which of the following is/are most likely to account for your patient's heart rate? 1. Normal range for a healthy, fit, nine-year-old child 2. Hypoxia due to impaired respiratory status secondary to traumatic brain injury 3. Increasing intracranial pressure due to traumatic brain injury exacerbated by hypoxia 4. Myocardial contusion
 
  A) 3
  B) 4
  C) 1
  D) 2 and 3

Question 2

The rate of compressions for adult CPR is _____ compressions per minute.
 
  A) 80
  B) 100
  C) 60
  D) 30

[beccamahon]

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

B

[silviawilliams41]

TYSM

[elyse44]

Excellent