Pediatric CPR

CPR-1

Chest Compressions

Cardiac arrest clinical manifestations:

Apnea, unresponsiveness, lack of response to verbal or physical stimuli

Please see for pediatric airway emergency:
AHA algorithms

Post-arrest flowsheet
Milestones

Pediatric Airway Obstruction

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Upper Airway Obstruction

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Abdominal Thrusts (over one year old)

  1. Clinical manifestations:
    1. Barking cough, hoarseness, inspiratory stridor
    2. Ingestion, gasping, sudden onset of symptoms, drooling
    3. No spontaneous coughing, absent lung sounds
    4. Angioedema, urticaria rash
  2. The patient may have ingested foreign body, had an exposure to an allergen, or have an infection.

Please see for immediate care interventions: Protocol

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Lower Airway Obstruction

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Asthma

  1. Clinical manifestations:
    1. Child is unable to feed well or speak more than 1-2 words at a time; grunting
    2. High-pitched wheezing
    3. Severe, multiple retractions; tachypnea
    4. Persistent coughing
    5. Increased respiratory effort
    6. Post-tussive emesis/rhinorrhea/thick sputum

Please see for immediate care interventions: Protocol

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