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Self assessment
1. Why is selecting the proper prongs/mask size important?
2. When properly positioned, the generator should sit
to the infant’s face.
3. List at least three assessments that should be conducted
every three to four hours while on nCPAP therapy:
4. List three ways to help prevent nasal injury:
5. The Infant Flow LP components are interchangeable with
the original Infant Flow nCPAP system.
True False
6. List three actions that help prevent nasal injury:
7. Explain why the SiPAP system does not deliver a breath
while the manual breath button is pressed:
8. Medications can be nebulized through the Infant
Flow LP generator.
True False
9. A ow rate of 9 LPM will deliver how much CPAP?
3 cmH
2
O
5 cmH
2
O
7 cmH
2
O
9 cmH
2
O
Notes: