Question 1
A 4-year-old presenting with altered mental status and no other obvious underlying cause should be treated ________.
◦ for hypothermia
◦ with oral glucose
◦ for head injury
◦ with supplemental oxygen and rapid transport
Question 2
A 6-year-old male patient has a decreased level of consciousness. His mother states that they do not have health insurance so they did not take him to the hospital last week when he started vomiting and had massive diarrhea. She continues that he has not had anything to eat or drink since then. He has snoring respirations that are rapid and inadequate. His radial pulse cannot be located, and his carotid pulse is rapid and weak. His capillary refill is five seconds and his skin is cool to the touch. Your first intervention in caring for this child would be ________.
◦ attaching the automated external defibrillator
◦ providing positive pressure ventilation
◦ opening the airway using the head tilt-chin lift
◦ taking manual in-line spinal immobilization
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