In pediatric terminology, a child is defined as between which ages?

• A. 1 to 14
• B. 0 to 3
• C. 5 to 12
• D. 2 to 18

Answer: (A)

In pediatric terminology, the term child is used to describe a middle stage of development—older than infancy but not yet an adolescent. A common convention in many EMS and pediatric texts is 1 to 14 years old, which places infants in a separate category (0–1) and adolescents into a different range (roughly mid-teens to 18). So the range of 1 to 14 best fits this division, covering early childhood through early adolescence without extending into infancy or adolescence. The other options either include infants (0–3), cover only a narrower school-age span (5–12), or extend into adolescence (2–18), which would not align with how “child” is typically defined in these contexts.