While Stabilizing a Preterm Neonate Before Resuscitation, What Should the Therapist

question 33

Multiple Choice

While stabilizing a preterm neonate before resuscitation, what should the therapist do to avert injury and atelectasis, and to avoid interfering with the infant's ability to establish adequate ventilation?
I. Use a bulb syringe.
II. Avoid excessive suctioning of clear fluid from the nasopharynx.
III. Use a suction catheter clearing the mouth first and then the nose.
IV. Suction using direct laryngoscopy.

• A) IV only
• B) I and II only
• C) I, II, and III only
• D) I, II, and IV only