Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Is Begun on a Toddler

question 39

Multiple Choice

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is begun on a toddler.What pulse is usually palpated because it is the most central and accessible?

• A) Radial
• B) Carotid
• C) Femoral
• D) Brachial

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Definitions:

Percentiles

Statistical measures indicating the value below which a given percentage of observations in a group of observations falls.

Interquartile Range

A measure of variability, defined as the difference between the first and third quartiles, describing the middle 50% of a data set.

25th Percentile

A value below which 25% of the data falls.

75th Percentile

A value below which 75% of the data points in a dataset fall, used as a measure of dispersion.