NREMT Paramedic

Answer: A - If a child is under the age of 3 month and presents a fever she may have meningitis. Until otherwise determined, it is safest to assume that the infant has meningitis. Hematoma is a bruise and the result of trauma and so not associated with a fever. Dehydration does not in and of itself cause fever, though a child with a fever and infection may become dehydrated. SIDS is a post-mortem diagnosis and not reliably associated with symptoms of infection.