Tag: pediatrics
- Modifying Assessment Based On Age ()
Pediatric Pediatric patients are treated specifically based on their age. For all practical intents and purposes, pediatric patients are patients who are under the age of 8 or have secondary sex characteristics. Older children (acting age appropriate) can be assessed and managed the same as adults. Assessing a pulse on an infant is performed by […]
- School Age Children & Adolescents ()
At this point the school age child (age 6 – 12) and the adolescent (13 to 18) brain is working on both hemispheres. This age group can be extremely creative and extremely logical (both at the same time). School age children are constantly dealing with losing their baby teeth and dealing with the pain that […]
- What The Infant Is Trying To Tell Us When They Cry ()
Situational Crisis – Personal Separation Reactions Researchers observed that when a child was separated from their primary caregiver (typically their mother) all children seemed to progress through three stages: The protest stage: The initial response of virtually all children to being separated from their caregiver is protest. Protest, for young children and infants, can show […]
- To Understand the Infant, You Have to Understand the Fetus ()
Fetus Under Tremendous Pressure In order to deliver a complete baby out of a vagina, the newborn must be highly compressible. In order to be delivered, the fetus has to be squeezed to 1/2 to 1/3 it’s normal diameter. The ability to be crushed is a fascinating trait that follows the newborn all the way […]
- Newborns, Infants, and Toddlers ()
Newborns actually drop about 5 to 10 percent of their initial body weight in the first week of life. Within a few minutes of birth, the neonatal pulse is usually 30 – 40 beats per minute slower; likewise, the neonatal respiratory rate normally drops to under 40 breaths a minute. The decrease in breaths per […]
- Pediatric vs Adult Anatomy ()
A child’s physiology and anatomy is different in many ways from an adult. When a baby is born there are still gaps in the bones of the skull. The shape of the head can therefore be altered by constant pressure on it especially if the baby is always lying the same way in a bed. […]