title: How to initially manage a pediatric trauma patient.
abstract: 1. Pediatric trauma care should be organized to assess the airway, breathing, circulation, disability/neurological status, and exposure of the child. 2. Because they have different body proportions, children may present with slightly different injuries than an adult. 3. Children react to trauma differently than adults. They may compensate for an extended period with tachypnea and tachycardia before cardiorespiratory failure occurs.
authors: L F
authors: LF
authors: Federer
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Hall
authors: H M
authors: HM
authors: Reyes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D012119:Respiration; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*