So last month we considered Maternal Emergencies and the approach and interventions we can make in order to minimise complications during pregnancy and during childbirth. As promised this month we’re looking at the next step along the process and focussing on Newborn Life Support.
The new ERC guidelines for 2021 have just been released and are shown below.
Dealing with newborns has the potential to be really stressful but hopefully by concentrating on the fundamentals and guidelines we’ll all be able to approach the situation with greater confidence.
Let us know any thought and comments you have on the podcast.
Enjoy!
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References
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines 2021
RCUK; resuscitation guidelines resuscitation and support transition babies birth
Admission temperature of low birth weight infants: predictors and associated morbidities. Abbot R Laptook. Pediatrics. 2007
NICE 2014; Initial assessment of the newborn baby and mother–baby bonding
Many thank. This was very good indeed but I will have to listen more than once as there is a lot of information here. I especially liked the explanations of the physiological transitions in the respiratory and circulatory systems at birth. these are very clear and, as the authors say, would have been handy years ago.
Lot of information to take in. May have to listen again to parts to get a real understanding.