The Essential Newborn Care (ENC) or Unang Yakap

1) Newborns die mostly of preventable disease(s):

A. Asphixia
B. Sepsis or Pneumonia
C. Amelia, Nachado]oseph's Disease and Fetal in Fetu with equal occurrences
D. Diarrhea
2) When did the Department of Health issued the ENC protocol with the goal of rapidly reducing the number of newborn
deaths in the Philippines?
A. December 16, 2003
B. December 3, 2008
C. December S, 2008
D. December 7, 2003
3) The guiding Administrative Order of ENC is:
A. AO 2008002S
B. AO2003002S
C. AO20030020
D. AO20030021
4) Time bound interventions of the Unang Yakap are as follows except:
A. !mmediate and thorough drying of the newborn
B. Early skin to skin contact between mother and newborn
C. !mmediate determination of eye and ear problems through crede's prophylaxis algo hearing test respectively)
D. Properly timed cord clamping and cutting
S) !mmediate and thorough drying is how many seconds?
A. 30
B. 40
C. 3060
D. 3040
6) Cuideline in washing the newborn is around how many hours thus prevents hypoglycemia, hypothermia and infection?
A. S
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
7) Properlytimed cord clamping and cutting prevents anemia and protects against brain hemorrhage in premature
newborns. Properly timed cordclamping means:
A. Clamping between 23 minutes
B. Waiting for the cord pulsation to stop between 2S minutes
C. Waiting for the cord pulsation to stop between 13 minutes
D. None of the above
8) One of the rationales of early skin to skin contact between mother and newborn is to prevent hypoglycemia. The
physiologic principle in this ground is:
A. Cluconeogenesis
B. Clycogenolysis
C. Both A and B are correct
D. Liberation of histamine, creating a hyperpermeable state
3) According to ENC protocol, the priority to check is the newborn's core temperature to prevent hypothermia and cold
stress. The outstanding sign of cold stress is:
A. Cutis vertisis gyrata
B. Sydney palmar line
C. Cutis malmorata
D. Stork bite
3.C.Cutis marmorata characterized by pink extremities, then yung trunk is bluish in color. A is for acromegaly. B is for
down's syndrome. Stork bite is a prev board q. Stork bites may be found on the forehead, eyelids, nose, upper lip, or back
of the neck. tinanong daw dati yung kulay. The color is pink.
8. B
7. Answer : CProperlytimed cord clamping and cutting
prevents anemia and protects against brain
hemorrhage in premature newborns. Properly
timed cordclamping means waiting for the cord
pulsations to stop (between 1 to 3 minutes). :)
6. BEarly skintoskin contact between mother and
newborn and delayed washing for at least six
hours prevents hypothermia, infection and
hypoglycemia. :)
S. C !mmediate and thorough drying for 30
seconds to one minute warms the newborn
and stimulates breathing.
4. C. ABD All correct according sa protocol :)
3. BAO 2003 002S
2. DOn December 7, 2003, the DOH issued an administrative order to implement the ENC protocol with the goal of rapidly
reducing the number of newborn deaths in the Philippines. the AO 2003
002S, :)
1.B Tetanus7
Diarrhea3
Sepsis and pneumonia26
Asphyxia23
Congenital8
Preterm28 in this case B is the answer. But preterm is the highest acc to DOH