NRP 8th edition study guide Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers New Update
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NRP 8th edition study guide Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers New Update
Your team has provided face-mask PPV with chest movement for 30 seconds. When is placement of an endotracheal tube strongly recommended? - Answer -The baby's heart rate remains less than 100 bpm and is not increasing...
NRP 8th edition study guide Exam
Questions With 100% Correct
Answers New Update
Your team has provided face-mask PPV with chest movement for 30 seconds. When is
placement of an endotracheal tube strongly recommended? - Answer -The baby's heart
rate remains less than 100 bpm and is not increasing.
During a delivery, when and where should a person with intubation skills be available? -
Answer -In the hospital and immediately available
What are the primary methods of confirming endotracheal tube placement within the
trachea? - 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? - Answer -Low cardiac output
According to the Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation, 8th edition algorithm, at what
point during resuscitation is a cardiac monitor recommended to assess the baby's heart
rate? - Answer -When an alternative airway is inserted
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)? - Answer -0
What size laryngoscope blade is recommended to intubate a preterm newborn with an
estimated gestational age of 28 weeks? - Answer -00
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? - Answer -Briefly interrupt chest compressions every 60 seconds to
assess the heart rate using the cardiac monitor.
Your team is resuscitating a newborn at birth. The heart rate is low and the baby has
poor perfusion. Which is the preferred method to assess the heart rate? - Answer -
Cardiac monitor
When are chest compressions indicated? - 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? - Answer -Stop
chest compressions and continue PPV.
What is the recommended depth of chest compressions? - Answer -One-third of the
anterior-posterior diameter of the chest
During chest compressions, which of the following is correct? - Answer -To coordinate
compressions and ventilations, the compressor calls out one-and-two-and-three-and-
breathe-and....
During chest compression with of the following is correct? - Answer -Your team is
resuscitating a newborn whose heart rate remains less than 60 bpm despite effective
PPV and 60 seconds of chest compressions.
You have administered epinephrine intravenously. According to the Textbook of
Neonatal Resuscitation, 8th edition, what volume of normal saline flush should you
administer? - Answer -3 mL
According to the Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation, 8th edition, what is the suggested
initial dose for IV epinephrine (0.1 mg/1 mL=1 mg/10 mL)? - Answer -0.02 mg/kg (equal
to 0.2 mL/kg)
When is the administration of a volume expander indicated during newborn
resuscitation? - Answer -The baby's heart rate is not increasing and there are signs of
shock or a history of acute blood loss.
Your team is caring for a term newborn whose heart rate is 50 bpm after receiving
effective ventilation, chest compressions, and intravenous epinephrine administration.
There is a history of acute blood loss around the time of delivery. You administer 10
mL/kg of normal saline (based on the newborn's estimated weight). At what rate should
this be administered? - Answer -Over 5 to 10 minutes
How soon after administration of intravenous epinephrine should you pause
compressions and reassess the baby's heart rate? - Answer -60 seconds
You are called to the birth of a newborn at 30 weeks gestation. As you prepare your
equipment, what concentration of oxygen will you use initially if PPV is required? -
Answer -21-30% oxygen
A baby is born at 26 weeks gestation. The initial steps of care, including gentle
stimulation, have been completed and the baby is nearly 1-minute old. The baby is not
breathing. What is the most appropriate next step? - Answer -being PPV by mask
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