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 blocked different ope smaller clear larger Pediatric airway management is a critical aspect of Post operative care because they are and harder to keep 2 lower different higher need resistance metabolism consumption usage demand Pediatric patients have a oxygen and . 3 smaller Lower duplicate larger insufficient higher Higher extra lower Having a Oxygen demand , this results in the Pediatric patient having a functional residual capacity and reserve . 4 bigger thoracic ventilation Lesser facial bagging code greater extubation abdominal intubation In addition , a pediatric patient has a risk of distention due to emergent Bag Valve Mask ( BVM ) prior to . 5 high metal faint full no low level pitched occasional nails 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 lower hand occluded trach opened valve tube hardly mask constrictive floppy easily difficult to 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 higher than neck flat lower than Alignment opening upward Hyperflexion closure downward Hyperextension spine distortion head line shoulders in 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 increased intra-abdominal more than cheeks move double only slowly fast pneumothorax thoracic intrathoracic vomitting abdominal decreased abdomen rise puff chest 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 barking virus fluid swelling possible coughing underlying guessed toxins secretions congestion widening flaring swelling lining screeching airway infection lung surface bending narrowing 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 15 lungs facial features development opens stages 10 shrinks teenager grows oxygen needs baby airway adult 12 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 .