Shocking Revelations
This is the medical term for the device used to deliver an electric shock to the heart in life-threatening arrhythmias.
What is a defibrillator?
This Texas law allows a parent to relinquish an unharmed infant anonymously.
What is the Baby Moses Law?
The average tidal volume for a healthy adult in mLs.
What is 500mL?
The first step to take after seeing a CBC flag.
What is rerun the sample?
In an emergency when no parent is present and immediate care is needed to prevent harm, this type of consent applies.
What is implied consent?
Pads should be placed in one of these two positions.
What is anterior-lateral or anterior-posterior?
The baby must meet this age requirement to qualify under the Safe Haven Law in Texas.
What is 60 days old or younger?
This parameter should be observed to confirm effective ventilation.
What is chest rise and fall?
You must waste this amount of blood before collecting from an IV line.
What is the first 10 mL?
These two professionals may consent if they have lawful custody or jurisdiction over the child.
What are a peace officer or juvenile court–appointed adult?
These are the two primary shockable rhythms that defibrillators are used to treat.
What are ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia?
This is the first thing medical staff must assess when a baby is dropped off.
What is if the baby is unharmed?
The breathing circuit may be connected to one of these two patient delivery devices.
What is an oxygen mask or endotracheal tube?
When redrawing from an IV, you can connect the collection tube to one of these.
What is a J-loop or clave connector?
This number of staff members should speak to the parent to obtain verbal consent.
What is two?
The two settings adjusted during pacing.
What are rate and current (milliamps)?
The law provides a safe alternative for parents who are what?
What is unable or unwilling to care for their newborn?
The CPAP and pressure support settings for BIPAP are typically this.
What is PEEP 10 and PS 15?
If the redraw still flags, this must be done next.
What is send the sample to an off-site lab?
This is a court-appointed individual or agency providing daily care for the minor, with authority to give consent for invasive procedures.
What is a managing conservator?
Repeated shocks without CPR can be ineffective because the heart needs this.
What is oxygenated blood?
Approximately what percentage of abandoned infants in Texas do not survive?
What is 25 percent?
What is the minimum oxygen flow rate (in lpm) required by the AHP300?
What is 80 lpm?
Each CBC flag step must be recorded in this location.
What is the log book?
This type of conservatorship typically specifies visitation rights and limited medical consent rights.
What is possessory conservatorship?