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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...

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 ...