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NEW UPDATE QUESTION AND
ANSWERS NRP 7TH EDITION
PART 1 SECTION 1 (2022)
A baby is born at term with a bilateral cleft lip and palate and a very small mandible. She requires
positive-pressure ventilation because she is not breathing. You are unable to achieve a seal with bag and
mask. Which intervention is indicated?
- CORRECT ANSWER Insert a laryngeal mask
You are at the resuscitation of a newborn who is gasping and has a heart rate of 60 beats per minute.
What is the most important action you can take?
- CORRECT ANSWER Provide positive-pressure ventilation
What size (internal diameter) endotracheal tube should be used to intubate a newborn with an
estimated gestational age of 26 weeks (estimated birth weight of 800 g)?
- CORRECT ANSWER 2.5 mm
Your team attends an emergency cesarean delivery of a term baby because of chorioamnionitis,
meconium-stained amniotic fluid, and fetal heart rate decelerations. At delivery, the newborn is term as
expected, with very poor tone and he is not breathing (apneic). You quickly perform initial steps, but the
newborn is still not breathing. What is the most appropriate next step of resuscitation?
- CORRECT ANSWER Start positive-pressure ventilation and check heart rate response after 15 seconds
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During the resuscitation of a newborn, you auscultate the apical pulse and count 10 beats over a 6
second period. What heart rate do you report to your team?
- CORRECT ANSWER 100 beats per minute
You are part of a team preparing for the birth of a baby who has meconium-stained fluid and a category
III fetal heart rate tracing. A person skilled in endotracheal intubation should be
- CORRECT ANSWER Present at the birth.
You are at a delivery of a baby born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid, and the baby is not
vigorous. What steps should be taken immediately after birth? - CORRECT ANSWER The baby should be
brought to the radiant warmer for initial steps of newborn care.
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NEW UPDATE QUESTION AND
ANSWERS NRP 7TH EDITION
PART 1 SECTION 1 (2022)
A baby is born at term with a bilateral cleft lip and palate and a very small mandible. She requires
positive-pressure ventilation because she is not breathing. You are unable to achieve a seal with bag and
mask. Which intervention is indicated?
- CORRECT ANSWER Insert a laryngeal mask
You are at the resuscitation of a newborn who is gasping and has a heart rate of 60 beats per minute.
What is the most important action you can take?
- CORRECT ANSWER Provide positive-pressure ventilation
What size (internal diameter) endotracheal tube should be used to intubate a newborn with an
estimated gestational age of 26 weeks (estimated birth weight of 800 g)?
- CORRECT ANSWER 2.5 mm
Your team attends an emergency cesarean delivery of a term baby because of chorioamnionitis,
meconium-stained amniotic fluid, and fetal heart rate decelerations. At delivery, the newborn is term as
expected, with very poor tone and he is not breathing (apneic). You quickly perform initial steps, but the
newborn is still not breathing. What is the most appropriate next step of resuscitation?
- CORRECT ANSWER Start positive-pressure ventilation and check heart rate response after 15 seconds
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https://www.coursehero.com/file/142081782/NEW-UPDATE-QUESTION-AND-ANSWERS-NRP-7TH-EDITION-PART-1-SECTION-1-2022pdf/
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During the resuscitation of a newborn, you auscultate the apical pulse and count 10 beats over a 6
second period. What heart rate do you report to your team?
- CORRECT ANSWER 100 beats per minute
You are part of a team preparing for the birth of a baby who has meconium-stained fluid and a category
III fetal heart rate tracing. A person skilled in endotracheal intubation should be
- CORRECT ANSWER Present at the birth.
You are at a delivery of a baby born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid, and the baby is not
vigorous. What steps should be taken immediately after birth? - CORRECT ANSWER The baby should be
brought to the radiant warmer for initial steps of newborn care.
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https://www.coursehero.com/file/142081782/NEW-UPDATE-QUESTION-AND-ANSWERS-NRP-7TH-EDITION-PART-1-SECTION-1-2022pdf/
