Name: Take our Car Seat Tolerance Screening Quiz
Published: 2020-11-09T16:40:04+00:00

A car seat challenge for preterm and low birth weight infants is recommended prior to hospital discharge to ensure which of the following?*
- The infant is comfortable traveling in a car seat.
- An appropriately designed car seat is selected to reduce harm to the infant should the car be in a crash.
- To help the infant become familiar with sitting in a car seat before leaving he hospital.
- The infant can maintain cardiorespiratory stability in the car seat.

An infant who shows cardiorespiratory difficulties when placed in a semi-reclined position during a car seat challenge should not be allowed to leave the hospital until they show no signs of adverse cardiorespiratory difficulties upon subsequent car seat challenges. True or False?
- True
- False

Once an infant passes a car seat challenge and is approved for discharge, parents or caregivers transporting the infant should be encouraged to invest in safety gear to safety transport needed medical equipment. True or False?
- True
- False

When educating parents, caregivers, guardians, and anyone caring for the infant about the proper use of car safety seats for preterm and low birth weight infants, which of the following is not true?
- Avoid having your infant in the car safety seat for extended periods of time, and remove the infant from the car seat when not in the car.
- Use car safety seats only for travel and never leave the infant unattended in the car seat in or out of the car.
- Make sure to monitor your infant while in transport to insure they are not exhibiting signs of respiratory distress; if possible, have an adult sit in the rear seat adjacent the infant safety seat. If alone, pull over to a safe stop if the monitor alarm indicates a need to assess the infant.
- Never talk to your infant while driving as that may excite and place unnecessary stress on the infant.

Late-preterm infants are not good candidates for a car seat challenge because their similar cardiorespiratory maturity to term infants make this test irrelevant. True or False?
- True
- False

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