PEDIATRIC VITAL SIGN QUIZ
If any call gets an EMT's heart pumping, it is a pediatric call. I know I have a tendency to get somewhat nervous while enroute. We in EMS must never forget the fundamentals, regardless of the patients age. What provoked me to create this page was this...about a year ago, tones went off for a pediatric call about 22 miles away. Thoughts were racing through my mind about what we might find, once on scene. It was a medical call...an unresponsive 18-month old. I broke the silence by asking the EMT what the average respiratory rate for an 18-month old was...I knew the answer...I wanted to discuss fundamentals...the EMT gave me an Adult respiratory normal rate...so, I feel that review of basic, pediatric vital signs is entirely appropriate.
Learn lots!!...Good luck...Joe
1. The normal heartrate (bpm) for a newborn is:
2. The normal systolic blood pressure for a 3-year old is:
3. The normal respiratory rate for a 6-year old is:
4. The normal respiratory rate for a 1-year old is:
5. The normal systolic blood pressure for a newborn is:
6. The normal heartrate for a 6-year old is:
7. The normal systolic blood pressure for a 1-year old is:
8. The normal respiratort rate for a 1 to 6-week old is:
9. The normal systolic blood pressure for a 6-year old is:
10. The normal weight for a 10-year old is:
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