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Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study

Case: Infant drowning and termination transport considerations

You are working on a pre-hospital/retrieval service. You receive a notification at your base: “Two siblings were being bathed together: a 2-month-old and a 3-year-old. The children were allegedly left alone for a brief time, and their mother has returned to find the 2-month-old unresponsive.”

1. State (4) basic life support instructions that the emergency call-taker would give the mother who has called 000. 4 marks

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2. State (6) additional immediate interventions to escalate care to advanced life support level. 6 marks

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3. List (4) predictors of poor outcome in drowning. 4 marks

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4. State (4) factors would that influence your decision to transport the child to hospital despite absence of ROSC. 4 marks

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