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An infant is born apneic and cyanotic.  After warming, drying, stimulating, and positioning the neonate, she is still apneic and cyanotic.  What is the next step?

A newborn is apneic and cyanotic.  She remains apneic, despite having her airway cleared, being stimulated and receiving 30 seconds of effective positive pressure ventilation, indicated by chest rise.  At 60 seconds, her heart rate is 4 beats in 6 seconds.  The most appropriate action at this time is:

What ratio of chest compressions and PPV breaths must the RCP adminster during the resuscitation of a neonate?

Which of the following locations has the highest PaO2 in the fetus?

A neonate has a green stained umbilical cord, stained fingernails, and peeling skin.  Which of the following assessments is most likely?

A mom on antepartum who is struggling with preterm labor at 27 weeks gestation tells the RT, “they put me on some sort of medicine to relax my uterus.”  Which of the following drugs will do this?

What does it indicate if an infant presents with a leukocytosis?

An infant is born at 35 weeks gestation.  The initial assessment identifies substernal retractions and grunting.  Why is this infant grunting?

A newborn has acrocyanosis and is grunting at 5 minutes of life.  What should the RT do next?

A woman presents in labor and states she had no idea she was pregnant, no idea when her LMP was, and received no prenatal care.  Which of the following tests can help identify the neonate’s gestational age?