Assessment and Management of Pediatric Trauma
Module 2: Pediatric Airway and Breathing
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Review Question 4

Module 2: Pediatric Airway and Breathing
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
 A shoulder roll can improve airway patency in infants
 A Miller blade is a direct laryngoscopy blade which can be used to intubate an infant
 Infants have longer tracheas than adults, relative to height
 Infants desaturate more rapidly than adults due, in part, to a reduced functional residual capacity