Guided Lecture Notes/Chapter 18: Nursing Care of the Child ...

PowerPoint slide. s. 3 . and 4. and Figure 18.1.) Discuss the location of the trachea at the third thoracic vertebra in children as opposed to the sixth in adults and how this difference is important when suctioning children and assessing for risk for aspiration. Review the differences in the lower respiratory structures. (Refer to . PowerPoint ... ................
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