Neonatal Resuscitation Chapter 8 Quiz

Select the best response from the answer choices following each question.

1. What are the goals of coordinated chest compressions and ventilation during neonatal resuscitation?

2. What is the correct depth of chest compressions?

3. A newly born girl is nonvigorous and apneic. After providing the initial steps and giving positive pressure ventilation, she does not improve. She has a heart rate of 40 bpm, and the team leader orders to intubate the patient. The ET tube is appropriately placed with a visible chest rise every given breath and bilateral breath sounds. After 30 seconds of positive pressure ventilation, the newly born has a heart rate of 40 bpm. What is your next course of action?

4. After starting coordinated chest compressions and ventilation, when should you start checking the newly born’s heart rate?

5. Which one of the following is the preferred method to assess the newly born’s heart rate once an alternative airway is needed?

6. You are caring for a newly born who is receiving adequate PPV. Which one of the following persistent physiologic effects would indicate the need for chest compressions?

7. At what neonatal heart rate should the team begin chest compressions, assuming adequate ventilation of the baby?

8. At what heart rate can the healthcare provider stop chest compressions?

9. What is a potentially significant injury that can result when chest compressions are applied to the xiphoid process of the newly born?