The establishment of a clear airway is a vital part of basic life support and mechanical devices are available to assist the clearance of the upper airway during resuscitation. The performances of four human-powered devices, currently available in the United Kingdom, were compared with the relevant British Standard. The ease of use of the devices by 20 experienced and 20 novice resuscitators wa...

Many common care practices during labor, birth, and the immediate postpartum period impact the fetal to neonatal transition, including medication used during labor, suctioning protocols, strategies to prevent heat loss, umbilical cord clamping, and use of 100% oxygen for resuscitation. Many of the care practices used to assess and manage a newborn immediately after birth have not proven efficac...

Burn injury is a leading cause of unintentional death and injury in children, with the majority being minor (less than 10%). However, a significant number of children sustain burns greater than 15% total body surface area (TBSA), leading to the initiation of the systemic inflammatory response syndrome. These patients require IV fluid resuscitation to prevent burn shock and death. Prompt resusci...

PURPOSE The main goal of this study was to investigate the impact of parity and intrauterine fetal condition on vacuum extraction. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study included 10742 newborns who were delivered during 2008 in obstetrics/gynecology clinics in Kosovo, Yugoslavia. One hundred fifty-eight of these were vacuum deliveries. Data were collected for indicators such as parity, maternal age,...

BACKGROUND Hypoxic events and cardiac arrest may cause brain damage in critical infants. This study investigated cerebral tissue oxygenation and oxygen extraction in a piglet model of hypoxic events, cardiac arrest and effects of resuscitation. METHODS For the hypoxia experiment, anesthetized newborn piglets were randomized to a hypoxia group (n = 8) with decreasing ventilatory rate to 0, and...

BACKGROUND Studies carried out in developing countries have indicated that training courses in newborn resuscitation are efficacious in teaching local birth attendants how to properly utilize simple resuscitation devices. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and expertise gained by physicians and midwifes who participated in a Neonatal Resuscitation Course and workshop organized in...

OBJECTIVE To describe the main controversies about resuscitation procedures performed in extremely low birth weight infants in the delivery room. SOURCES OF DATA Systematic review including articles from MEDLINE, SciELO and Cochrane Library, and abstracts published in national and international proceedings, using the keywords resuscitation, asphyxia, and newborn infant. SUMMARY OF THE FINDI...

OBJECTIVES To study the awareness on Basic Life Support (BLS) (CPR) in undergraduate medical students. METHODS A cross sectional studywas conducted by using responses to a questionnaire regarding BLS by 61 students. The results were analyzed with SPSS version 11.101. RESULTS Out of 61 students only 9 (14.7%) had taken a BLS (CPR) course while 52 (85.3%) students had not attended any such co...

OBJECTIVE The study objective was to implement two strategies (short emotional stimulus vs announced practical assessment) in the teaching of resuscitation skills in order to evaluate whether one led to superior outcomes. SETTING This study is an educational intervention provided in one German academic university hospital. PARTICIPANTS First-yearmedical students (n=271) during the first3 we...