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NRP 8th EditionYour team has provided face-mask PPV with chest movement for 30 seconds. When is placement of an
endotracheal tube strongly recommended? - correct answer ✔✔The baby's heart rate remains less than
100 bpm and is not increasing.
chest compressions and medication should not be used until - correct answer ✔✔the neonate has
received 30 seconds of PPV that move the chest, preferably through an alternative airway
what should be done after inserting an alternative airway? - correct answer ✔✔give 30 seconds of PPV
with chest movement then reassess heart rate
what is strongly recommended before starting chest compressions? - correct answer ✔✔intubation
what is the most important indicator of successful PPV? - correct answer ✔✔rising heart rate
What are the primary methods of confirming endotracheal tube placement within the trachea? - correct
answer ✔✔Demonstration of exhaled carbon dioxide (CO2) and a rapidly increasing heart rate
You are resuscitating a critically ill newborn whose heart rate is 20 bpm. The baby has been intubated
and the endotracheal tube insertion depth is correct. You can see chest movement with PPV and hear
bilateral breath sounds, but the colorimetric CO2 detector does not turn yellow. What is the likely reason
for this? - correct answer ✔✔Low cardiac output.
What size laryngoscope blade is recommended to intubate a preterm newborn with an estimated
gestational age of 32 weeks (estimated birth weight of 1.4 kg)? - correct answer ✔✔0
Even brief interruptions of chest compressions may significantly reduce their effectiveness, but it is also
important to assess the need to continue chest compressions. What is the preferred way to assess the
heart rate during chest compressions? - correct answer ✔✔Briefly interrupt chest compressions every
60 seconds to assess the heart rate using the cardiac monitor.
, When are chest compressions indicated? - correct answer ✔✔When the heart rate remains less than 60
bpm after at least 30 seconds of PPV that moves the chest, preferably through an alternative airway
After 60 seconds of PPV coordinated with chest compressions, the cardiac monitor indicates a heart rate
of 70 beats per minute. What is your next action? - correct answer ✔✔Stop chest compressions and
continue PPV.
What is the recommended depth of chest compressions? - correct answer ✔✔One-third of the anterior-
posterior diameter of the chest
During chest compressions, which of the following is correct? - correct answer ✔✔To coordinate
compressions and ventilations, the compressor calls out one-and-two-and-three-and-breathe-and....
where should the person giving compressions stand? - correct answer ✔✔at the head of the bed
where should the thumbs be when compressing - correct answer ✔✔center of the sternum, just below
the nipples
compression to ventilation ratio - correct answer ✔✔3 to 1
where should the person ventilating stand when compressions are given? - correct answer ✔✔to the
side
After a minute of chest compressions the heart rate is below 60 beats per minute, what should be done?
- correct answer ✔✔continue compressions and PPV, and administer epinephrine
After a minute of chest compressions the heart rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute, what
should be done? - correct answer ✔✔stop the chest compressions and continue ventilation at 40 to 60
breaths per minute.
After a minute of chest compressions the heart rate is over 100 beats per minute, what should be done?
- correct answer ✔✔stop compressions and taper back on ventilation
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