MCC Paramedic Quiz Objective: Answer at least 8 questions correctly. JavaScript is disabled. Get Netscape 4.5 or turn it on! 1. Pediatric patients who present with stridor, high fever, drooling may be suffering from: epiglottitis measles anthrax croup meningitis 2. The membranous areas of an infant's head, which cover areas where skull bones are not yet fused, are called: mastoid fornix fossa ovalis calvaria fontanelle 3. A child's airway differs from an adult's in all of the following ways except: the left mainstem is larger the larynx is more flexible the cricoid is the narrowest portion of the airway the epiglottis is more U-shaped the larynx is more cephalad in position 4. The leading causes of trauma deaths in children are : head injury and abdominal perforation liver rupture and head injury cardiac tamponade and abdominal perforation ruptured spleen and tension pneumothorax tension pneumothorax and head injury 5. The combination of femur frx, thorax injury and contralateral head injury seen in a child hit by a motor vehicle is called: Beck's triad Waddel's triad Cushing's triad Murphy's triad Kerr's triad 6. Cardiac arrest in a child is most often due to: cardiac dysrhythmia congenital heart anomalies infection respiratory failure vagal stimulation 7. SIDS is more common in all of the following except: female infants low birth weight infants fall or winter families of lower educational levels infants under 6 mo. 8. Febrile seizures are most likely in: rapid temperature change child with epilepsy high temperature respiratory infection high WBC count 9. A cachexic child with multiple bruises, injuries in various stages of healing and increased ICP may be suffering from: leukemia meningococcemia child abuse thrombocytopenia multiple trauma from MVA 10. In a 40 lb child in whom hypoglycemia is suspected, the amount of D25 to be infused should be: 10 mls 36 mls 50 mls 87 mls 105 mls Back Return to Paramedic Home Page URL: /depts/pstc/backup/paraqz4.htm Updated: Sept. 15, 1999
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epiglottitis measles anthrax croup meningitis
2. The membranous areas of an infant's head, which cover areas where skull bones are not yet fused, are called:
mastoid fornix fossa ovalis calvaria fontanelle
3. A child's airway differs from an adult's in all of the following ways except:
the left mainstem is larger the larynx is more flexible the cricoid is the narrowest portion of the airway the epiglottis is more U-shaped the larynx is more cephalad in position
4. The leading causes of trauma deaths in children are :
head injury and abdominal perforation liver rupture and head injury cardiac tamponade and abdominal perforation ruptured spleen and tension pneumothorax tension pneumothorax and head injury
5. The combination of femur frx, thorax injury and contralateral head injury seen in a child hit by a motor vehicle is called:
Beck's triad Waddel's triad Cushing's triad Murphy's triad Kerr's triad
6. Cardiac arrest in a child is most often due to:
cardiac dysrhythmia congenital heart anomalies infection respiratory failure vagal stimulation
7. SIDS is more common in all of the following except:
female infants low birth weight infants fall or winter families of lower educational levels infants under 6 mo.
8. Febrile seizures are most likely in:
rapid temperature change child with epilepsy high temperature respiratory infection high WBC count
9. A cachexic child with multiple bruises, injuries in various stages of healing and increased ICP may be suffering from:
leukemia meningococcemia child abuse thrombocytopenia multiple trauma from MVA
10. In a 40 lb child in whom hypoglycemia is suspected, the amount of D25 to be infused should be:
10 mls 36 mls 50 mls 87 mls 105 mls
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