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NRP 8TH EDITION EXAM WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
Question :Your team has provided face-mask PPV
with chest movement for 30 seconds. When is placement of an endotracheal tube strongly recommended?
Correct answer: The baby's heart rate remains less
than 100 bpm and is not increasing.
Question :During a delivery, when and where should
a person with intubation skills be available?
Correct answer: In the hospital and immediately
available
Question :What are the primary methods of
confirming endotracheal tube placement within the trachea?
Correct answer: Demonstration of exhaled carbon
dioxide (CO2) and a rapidly increasing heart rate
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Question :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?
Correct answer: Low cardiac output.
Question :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?
Correct answer: When an alternative airway is
inserted
Question :What size laryngoscope blade is
recommended to intubate a preterm newborn with an
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estimated gestational age of 32 weeks (estimated birth weight of 1.4 kg)?
Correct answer: 0
Question :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?
Correct answer: Briefly interrupt chest compressions
every 60 seconds to assess the heart rate using the cardiac monitor.
Question :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?
Correct answer: Cardiac monitor
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Question :When are chest compressions indicated?
Correct 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
Question :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?
Correct answer: Stop chest compressions and
continue PPV.
Question :What is the recommended depth of chest
compressions?
Correct answer: One-third of the anterior-posterior
diameter of the chest