New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 41 - ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES; MOBILE INTENSIVE CARE PROGRAMS, SPECIALTY CARE TRANSPORT SERVICES AND AIR MEDICAL SERVICES
Subchapter 8 - STANDING ORDERS FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS
Section 8:41-8.4 - Standing orders for neonatal resuscitation

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 8:41-8.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) The following shall constitute standing orders for the resuscitation of neonatal patients:

1. As to the airway:
i. If meconium is present:
(1) If stable, suction the mouth, pharynx and nose with a bulb syringe or a large-bore catheter (12 or 14F) as soon as the head is delivered;

(2) If unstable, intubate the patient and extubate while applying suction at a vacuum pressure no greater than-100 mmHg until little meconium is recovered or heart rate and/or respirations become severely depressed;

ii. If no meconium:
(1) Position the infant and suction the mouth then the nose with a bulb syringe;

2. Dry the infant;

3. Maintain normal body temperature;

4. Provide tactile stimulation;

5. If infant is unstable (cyanotic, apnea, gasping respirations, a heart rate less than 100 beats per minute) administer 100 percent oxygen at a flow rate of at least five L/minute;

6. If no improvement, begin bag-valve-mask ventilation at a rate of 40 to 60 breaths per minute with sufficient volume to cause visible chest expansion. Reassess after 30 seconds;

7. Assess heart rate;
i. If the heart rate is greater than 100 beats/minute, contact the medical command physician;

ii. If the heart rate is 60 to 100 beats/minute, assist ventilations and contact the medical command physician;

iii. If the heart rate is less than 60 beats per minute, intubate, begin a 3:1 ratio of chest compressions to ventilations at a rate of 120 compressions per minute. Reassess every 30 seconds;
(1) If no change following intervention in (a)7iii above, establish IV/IO access with normal saline solution at a KVO rate;
(A) If no change following intervention described in (a)7iii(1) above, administer epinephrine: IV/IO/ET dose 0.01 mg/kg (0.1 mL/kg) of a 1:10,000 solution;

8. If no change, administer a fluid bolus of 10 mL/kg of normal saline over five to 10 minutes;

9. Determine blood glucose;
i. If equal to or greater than 40, contact the medical command physician; and

ii. If less than 40, administer 0.5 g/kg (5 mL/kg) of a 10 percent dextrose solution, contact the medical command physician.

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