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Your team has provided face-mask PPV with chest movement for 30 seconds.
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When is placement of an endotracheal tube strongly recommended? - Correct
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answer ✔The baby's heart rate remains less than 100 bpm and is not
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increasing.
During a delivery, when and where should a person with intubation skills be
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available? - Correct answer ✔In the hospital and immediately available.
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What are the primary methods of confirming endotracheal tube placement
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within the trachea? - Correct answer ✔Demonstration of exhaled carbon
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dioxide (CO2) and a rapidly increasing heart rate.
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You are resuscitating a critically ill newborn whose heart rate is 20 bpm. The
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baby has been intubated and the endotracheal tube insertion depth is correct.
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You can see chest movement with PPV and hear bilateral breath sounds, by
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the colorimetric CO2 detector does not turn yellow. What is the likely reason
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for this? - Correct answer ✔Low cardiac output.
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According to the Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation, 8th edition algorithm,
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at what point during resuscitation is a cardiac monitor recommended to asses
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the baby's heart rate? - Correct answer ✔When an alternative airway is
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inserted.
, What size laryngoscope blade is recommended to intubate a preterm
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newborn with an estimated gestational age of 32 weeks (estimated birth
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weight of 1.4 kg)? - Correct answer ✔0
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Even brief interruptions of chest compressions may significantly reduce their
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compressions. What is the preferred way to assess the heart rate during chest |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |!
compressions? - Correct answer ✔Briefly interrupt chest compressions every |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |!
6o seconds to assess the heart rate using the cardiac monitor.
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Your team is resuscitating a newborn at birth. The heart rate is low and the
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baby has poor perfusion. Which is the preferred method to assess the heart
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rate? - Correct answer ✔Cardiac monitor
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When are chest compressions indicated? - Correct answer ✔When the heart
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rate remains less than 60 bpm after at least 30 seconds of PPV that moves the
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chest, preferably through an alternative airway.
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After 60 seconds of PPV coordinated with chest compressions, the cardiac
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monitor indicates a heart rate of 70 beats per minute. What is your next
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action? - Correct answer ✔Stop chest compressions and continue PPV.
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What is the recommended depth of chest compressions? - Correct answer
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✔One-third of the anterior-posterior diameter of the chest. |! |! |! |! |! |! |!
detailed solutions |!
Your team has provided face-mask PPV with chest movement for 30 seconds.
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When is placement of an endotracheal tube strongly recommended? - Correct
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answer ✔The baby's heart rate remains less than 100 bpm and is not
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increasing.
During a delivery, when and where should a person with intubation skills be
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available? - Correct answer ✔In the hospital and immediately available.
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What are the primary methods of confirming endotracheal tube placement
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within the trachea? - Correct answer ✔Demonstration of exhaled carbon
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dioxide (CO2) and a rapidly increasing heart rate.
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You are resuscitating a critically ill newborn whose heart rate is 20 bpm. The
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baby has been intubated and the endotracheal tube insertion depth is correct.
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You can see chest movement with PPV and hear bilateral breath sounds, by
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the colorimetric CO2 detector does not turn yellow. What is the likely reason
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for this? - Correct answer ✔Low cardiac output.
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According to the Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation, 8th edition algorithm,
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at what point during resuscitation is a cardiac monitor recommended to asses
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the baby's heart rate? - Correct answer ✔When an alternative airway is
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inserted.
, What size laryngoscope blade is recommended to intubate a preterm
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newborn with an estimated gestational age of 32 weeks (estimated birth
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weight of 1.4 kg)? - Correct answer ✔0
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Even brief interruptions of chest compressions may significantly reduce their
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effectiveness, but it 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 |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |! |!
6o seconds to assess the heart rate using the cardiac monitor.
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Your team is resuscitating a newborn at birth. The heart rate is low and the
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baby has poor perfusion. Which is the preferred method to assess the heart
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rate? - Correct answer ✔Cardiac monitor
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When are chest compressions indicated? - Correct answer ✔When the heart
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rate remains less than 60 bpm after at least 30 seconds of PPV that moves the
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chest, preferably through an alternative airway.
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After 60 seconds of PPV coordinated with chest compressions, the cardiac
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monitor indicates a heart rate of 70 beats per minute. What is your next
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action? - Correct answer ✔Stop chest compressions and continue PPV.
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What is the recommended depth of chest compressions? - Correct answer
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✔One-third of the anterior-posterior diameter of the chest. |! |! |! |! |! |! |!
