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