Kettering: Patient Comprehensive Test Assessment Final Exam Updated Questions And Accurate Answers

KETTER=NG: PAT=ENT COMPRE:ENS=VE TEST ASSESSMENT F=NAL EXAM UPDATED QUEST=ONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS VER=F=ED 100% COMPLETE DOCUMENT FOR STUDY a 4-year-old child has been brought to the ER with an acute infection, high fever, marked stridor, and drooling. which of the following should the RT recommend at this time? A. ABG B. oral intubation C. lateral neck x-ray D. 40% oxygen via cool mist tent B. oral intubation -there is enough information to suspect the possibility of epiglottitis which is an acute inflammation of the epiglottis from a bacterial infection and it is a serious threat to the upper airway and is considered an emergency -the common age is 3-11 years old. -the onset is pretty fast within the few hours -there is fever, thats from the bacterial infection -and its painful to the child to swallow so there will be drooling instead of swallowing and they will have stridor from the upper airway obstruction -remember the criteria for treating an emergency is SUSP=C=ON OF notCONF=RMAT=ON OF -this means that if the clinical presentation of the child looks and sounds like epiglottitis then you do not delay the therapy -to confirm the problem with a neck lateral x-ray would be inappropiate