Pediatric Respiratory Distress

Pediatric Respiratory Distress

Theresa Guins, MD

Division of Emergency Medicine Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Eastern Virginia Medical School

Objectives

Assessment Croup Bronchiolitis Asthma Foreign Bodies Pertussis

Respiratory Distress

Frequent reason for call to EMS/ED visit

Due to higher metabolic demands, less reserve, anatomic and physiologic differences, children decompensate more quickly.

How is Pediatric Airway Management Different?

Anatomy/Physiology Etiology of airway problems Equipment Frequency with which many practitioners

encounter true pediatric airway problems means less experience available

Why be aggressive in Pediatric Airway Management?

Children have limited ability to compensate for respiratory compromise.

Early recognition of any dysfunction and anticipation of respiratory failure is essential.

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