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gold standard for assessing ett placement correct answer: chest x-ray proper placement for ett placement for babies correct answer: t1 to t3 how can you remove air from the stomach? correct answer: ng tube steeple sign correct answer: croup thumb sign correct answer: epiglottis prefered site for a blood gas? correct answer: radial emergency site for a blood gas? correct answer: radial first! if not then femoral what does NOT determine accurate oxygenation but will det...

The preferred site for arterial blood sampling in a pediatric patient is the ________, the _______ is reserved for emergencies only. correct answer: Radial, Femoral Which of the following parameters of the Apgar score provides the most important prognostic value? correct answer: Heart rate What is the purpose of the substance secreted by the type II pneumocyte? correct answer: To reduce surface tension The appropriate size ETT for a 29 week gestational age neonate is: correct answer:...

Define cardiac output correct answer: the amount of blood ejected from the heart over the course of one minute What is the most important hemodynamic measurement correct answer: Cardiac output What is the primary site for arterial puncture in neo and peds correct answer: radial artery What site is reserved for the last choice for arterial puncture correct answer: Femoral rtery What is the gold standard for assessing endotracheal tube placement correct answer: Chest X-ray Wher...

Sildenafil (Viagra) correct answer: is used for treatment of pulmonary hypertension and has potential for reducing mortality and improving oxygenation in neonates. Laryngotracheobronchitis correct answer: A 4-year-old patient presented in the emergency department with a barking cough and mild inspiratory stridor. The patient's mother states that the child has been sick for a few days. A frontal and lateral neck radiographs were taken and the airway seemed to be narrowed just below the voca...

Hight tip placement of the umbilical artery catheter should be found on an xray film at correct answer: T6-T8 A 12-hour-old infant is experiencing respiratory distress, and the neonatologist orders a heel stick to assess the infant's oxygenation status. What action should the therapist take at this time? correct answer: Inform the physician that this procedure is inappropriate at this time. A mother has just given birth to a 42-week infant who is small for his gestational age. A chest r...

Which of the following phases of human lung development is characterized by the formation of a capillary network around airway passages? a) Pseudoglandular b) Canalicular c) Alveolar d) Saccular correct answer: canalicular Regarding postnatal lung growth, by approximately what age do most of the alveoli that will be present in the lungs for life develop? a) 6 months b) 1.5 years c) 1 year d) 2 years correct answer: 1.5 The respiratory therapist is evaluating a newborn with mild r...

What is the correct initial DIRECT MAP setting for high frequency Oscillator correct answer: 8-10cmH2O What is the correct initial FROM CV MAP setting for high frequency Oscillator correct answer: 1-2cmH2O What is the initial Delta P/Amplitude setting for HFO correct answer: Unit chest wiggle is present 1 Herts = how many breaths correct answer: 60 What are the HFO controls for managing oxygenation correct answer: MAP FiO2 What is the correct HFO inspiratory time setting? co...

Is pulmonary vascular resistance high or low in utero correct answer: High What is the function of Wharton's jelly correct answer: Prevents the cord from kinking What is the first organ to be formed correct answer: Heart In what stage are the alveoli formed correct answer: The alveolar Where is the ductus venous located correct answer: Liver The Ductus venous shunts blood from what organ correct answer: Liver How man vessels are located in the umbilical cord correct answ...

Are we able to use the umbilical cord for an ABG? correct answer: yes is a chest X-Ray considered a "gold standard" for placement of ET Tube placement? correct answer: yes when a baby tilts its head up with an ETT place what happens to the tube? correct answer: it moves down when a baby tilts its head forward with an ETT placed what happens to the tube? correct answer: it moves up where should the ET Tube be seen in between on a chest X-Ray? correct answer: in between T1 and T...

Which of the following major organ(s) is considered to be the first to form? correct answer: Heart What is the name of the gelatinous substance which makes up the composition of the umbilical cord that helps protect the vessels and prevents the cord from kinking? correct answer: Wharton's jelly A fetus is considered viable at what specific gestational range in weeks according to our textbook, Walsh, B.? correct answer: 22-26 weeks Name the vessel in which oxygenated blood leaves the...