Question \#105 While returning to your station, your ambulance is waved down by a man...

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Question \#105 While returning to your station, your ambulance is waved down by a man standing next to a taxicab. He indicates that his wife is in labor and that the baby is coming. The infant has now been delivered and has started to breathe. After stimulating, suctioning and providing supplemental oxygen by a mask close to the baby's face, the heart rate remains at $ \mathbf{7 5} $. Which of the following is the next intervention you should perform? Begin assisting ventilations with a bag-valve-mask attached to oxygen. Begin compressions at a rate of greater than 120 and a ratio of 3 to 1 . Begin compressions at a rate of greater than 120 and a ratio of 5 to 1 . Continue suctioning the nose and mouth until the heart rate increases.

Dr. Sarah Jenkins, MSN, RN · Accepted Answer