NREMT Paramedic

Answer: B - In a pediatric patient, the respiratory rate should never go above 60. Infants are primarily nose breathers who use their diaphragms to generate the negative pressure necessary to ventilate their lungs. They produce surfactant continuously from birth. Remember the rule of 60s; in the pediatric patient, respiratory rate should never rise above 60, and the heart rate and blood pressure should not fall below 60.