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TODAY’S TEST QUESTION:
CORRECT ANSWER:
C) Aim for the pouch inside the cheek
- “Slowly squirt a small amount of medicine into the side of the mouth and let the child swallow it. Do not squirt the medication directly into the throat”
- Another reason why this works is because it sort of bypasses the taste buds
- “Kids tend to spit out bitter-tasting meds. To avoid this, some parents continue to use syringes and droppers even when their children are old enough to drink out of a cup. “I always use a syringe so I can squirt the medicine along the inside of my kid’s cheeks and keep it off the tongue,” says Blossom Ruso, a very experienced mother of six from Santa Cruz, California. To do it correctly, slide the syringe or dropper along the cheek, toward the back of the mouth, and squeeze it slowly, recommends Christopher Tolcher, M.D., assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California. Or you can rest a dropper halfway back on the tongue and have your child suck on it.”(2)
INCORRECT ANSWERS
A) Quickly squirt the medicine in back of throat:
Do not squirt medication in back of mouth as can cause choking (can enter windpipe)
B) Child position should be sitting not laying down. Laying down= increased risk to choke
D) Extend child’s neck backwards before administering the medication: This may make it more difficult for the child to actually swallow the medication
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Reference:
1) seattlechildrens.org
2) https://www.parents.com/toddle
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