Chest Compressions (Lesson 6)

Question 1

What are the indications for chest compressions?

Answer 1

chest compressions are indicated when the heart rate remains less than 60 beats per minute after at least 30 seconds of ppv that inflates the lungs as evidenced by chest movement with ventilation. In most cases, you should have given at least 30 seconds of ventilation through a properly inserted endotracheal tube laryngeal mask

Question 2

where do you position your hands during chest compressions?

Answer 2

lower third of the sternum. Place your thumbs on the sternum just below an imaginary line connecting the baby’s nipples. Do not place your thumbs on the ribs are on the xiphoid

Question 3

How Deeply do you compress the chest?

Answer 3

using a pressure to depress the sternum approximately one-third of the anterior posterior diameter of the chest

Question 4

What is the compression rate?

Answer 4

90 compressions per minute

Question 5

how are compressions coordinator with positive pressure ventilation?

Answer 5

3 compressions plus one ventilation every 2 seconds. one and two and three and breathe and

Question 6

what oxygen concentration should we use with positive pressure ventilation during chest compressions?

Answer 6

100%

Question 7

when should you check the baby’s heart rate after starting compressions?

Answer 7

60 Seconds

Question 8

when do you stop chest compressions?

Answer 8

when the heart rate is 60 beats per minute or higher

Question 9

when is epinephrine indicated?

Answer 9

when the baby’s heart rate remains less than 60 beats per minute despite 60 seconds of good quality coordinator chest compressions and effective ventilation