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NCC ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING CERTIFICATION (EFM) EXAM, PRACTICE EXAM AND TEST BANK 2024 | ACCURATE REAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | EXPERT VERIFIED FOR GUARANTEED PASS | GRADED A

Oxygen is transferred from mom to fetus via the placenta through? - Answer-Passive (Simple) Diffusion Intervillous space perfusion is dependent on? - Answer-Adequate Uterine Blood Flow Maternal Fetal Exchange is best promoted by which maternal position? - Answer-Either Rt or Lt Lateral What is transfer down the concentration gradient from higher to lower called? - Answer-Diffusion The most likely physical rationale for recurrent late decels after epidural is? - Answer-Maternal Sympathetic B...

C-EFM Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) What is the primary goal of fetal monitoring? - answerTo prevent fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality (prevent injury and death to mother and baby) In 2004 JCAHO Sentinel Event Alert #30 recommends - answerStandard terminology to prevent perinatal sentinel events What was the root cause of perinatal/infant death or permanent disability? (72%) - answerCommunication What is the only true auscultation tool available? - answerFeto...

EFM Practice Test Exam Questions And Answers (Updated And Verified) What FHR finding is top priority for immediate interventions? a. heart block rate of 60 bpm cardia cardia with minimal variability rate of 170 with pushing - answerB. BRADYCARDIA The change from moderate to minimal variability which is most concerning would be when: a. association with tachysystole with or without pitocin b. association after giving stadol and phenergan c. association with active phase of pushing +3 st...

NCC EFM CERT Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers EFM paper speed - answer3cm/ minute Ultra sound (EFM) - answerUS transducer detects motion through ultrahigh frequency sound waves - it determines FHR by auto correlation compares successive reflected ultra sound waveforms at many points FSE - answerfetal scalp electrode (ISE) measures interval between R waves Value of EFM - answerused as a screen test, not considered diagnostic - normal EFM tracing = grater than 99% chance fetus wit...

Electronic Fetal Monitoring Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers What are the two things measured in Electronic Fetal Monitoring, otherwise known as Cardiotocography? - answerFetal Heart Rate Uterine Activity - Contractions What are the 5 components described in an EFM? - answer1. Baseline heart rate 2. Variability 3. +/- Accelerations 4. +/- Decelerations 5. Frequency of contractions The mean FHR is rounded to nearest ___ bpm during a 10 minute segment - answer5 bpm Normal basel...

NCC EFM Certification Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers Foramen ovale - answershunts blood from the right atrium directly into the left atrium allowing most blood to bypass the baby's developing lungs. Closes after birth from 6 months to 1 year. ductus arteriosus - answerconnects the pulmonary artery to the descending aorta, bypassing the lungs to the right ventricle. ductus venosus - answerShunts umbilical vein blood directly to Inferior Vena Cava. Allows blood from placenta to...

NCC EFM Test 1 Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers Variable decelerations are thought to be caused by: A. Fetal head compression B. Umbilical cord compression c. Uteroplacental insufficiency - answerB. Umbilical cord compression An appropriate treatment for recurrent variable decelerations with moderate variability during second stage pushing is: A. Amnioinfusion B. Modification of pushing efforts C. Oxygen at 10 liters per nonrebreather face mask. - answerB. Modification of push...

NCC EFM Exam Questions With Verified Solutions Normal arterial blood pH - answer> 7.10 Normal arterial blood pH mean value range - answer7.2-7.29 Metabolic Acidemia pH - answer< 7.10 Respiratory Acidemia pH - answer< 7.10 Normal arterial blood PO2 - answer> 20 Normal arterial blood PO2 mean value range - answer15-24 Metabolic Acidemia PO2 - answer< 20 Respiratory Acidemia PO2 - answervariable Normal arterial blood PCO2 - answer< 60 Normal arterial blood PCO2 mean val...

EFM Exam Questions With Verified Solutions What is a normal fetal heart rate - answer110 to 160 how do you determine the base line fhr on a strip - answer- the mean fhr rounded to increments of 5 bpm -during a ten minute period -exclude all decels, accels and marked variability -need 2 min of definition base or use previous 10 min define bradycardia as related to a fetal heart rate - answer< 110 what can bradycardia suggest - answerhypoxia define hypoxia - answeran o2 deficiency in ...

EFM NCC Exam Questions With Verified Solutions Why use fetal monitoring? - answerPrimary goal is to prevent fetal and maternal morbidity and mortality (prevent injury and death to mother and/ or baby), to prevent bad patient outcomes. What percent of babies who experience a suboptimal event while being fetal monitored, develop cerebral palsy? - answer3% of babies with poor tracing develop cerebral palsy What are most sentinel events due to? - answerPoor communication between providers. Mos...