Fill in the Blanks Pediatric Airway Management: Fill in the Blanks ChallengeOnline version Test your knowledge on pediatric airway management with this engaging fill-in-the-blanks game! by tryan555@hotmail.com 1 ope larger clear different blocked smaller Pediatric airway management is a critical aspect of Post operative care because they are and harder to keep 2 need consumption different higher metabolism usage demand resistance lower Pediatric patients have a oxygen and . 3 larger Higher extra Lower lower smaller insufficient duplicate higher Having a Oxygen demand , this results in the Pediatric patient having a functional residual capacity and reserve . 4 bigger Lesser bagging abdominal facial extubation code greater intubation thoracic ventilation In addition , a pediatric patient has a risk of distention due to emergent Bag Valve Mask ( BVM ) prior to . 5 high occasional metal no full low level faint nails pitched Infant occluded airways present as an insufficient air intake that usually is shown by a screeching sound , like on a chalkboard to sound at all . 6 mask valve hand difficult to floppy trach constrictive easily hardly lower occluded opened tube Infant airway obstruction can result from a Voice box . The larynx in a small child / infant can be during BVM by the rescuer's fingers of the C that is holding the in a tight position . 7 lower than higher than upward closure Alignment neck Hyperflexion flat in opening distortion shoulders head Hyperextension line downward spine of the infant's neck can cause a of the airway . Instead , a roll should be placed to support the and , so that the infant's facial features will be with each other in a , level way . 8 more than fast double cheeks thoracic only vomitting intrathoracic chest abdominal rise decreased move increased slowly abdomen intra-abdominal puff pneumothorax Bagging an infant or child should be done and use enough air to make the visually start to . Bagging too aggressively can cause distention and possible due to increasing pressures . 9 possible infection narrowing flaring secretions barking fluid widening screeching bending swelling toxins swelling underlying virus congestion lining coughing lung surface airway guessed Children with Croup have a thickening of their inside the trachea . This results a of the airway which ends up causing the child's cough to appear more like a sound . This can be from an or simple and will be treated by the physician based on what the test shows is the cause . 10 facial features 10 airway 12 grows development stages baby oxygen needs 15 teenager adult lungs shrinks opens Children's airways consistent with each stage of pediatric . By years of age , a child's is considered comparable to an and usually would be treated as such unless other issue with the airway exist .