3. Newborn resuscitation
normal transition after birth
• R to L blood flow in atria
stops
▫ Foramen ovale closes
• Flow from pulmonary
artery into aorta stops
▫ Ductus arteriosus closes
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4. Newborn Resuscitation
normal transition after birth
• Systemic arterial
blood pressure rises
▫ loss of low pressure
shunting through
placenta
• Pulmonary arterial
blood pressure drops
▫ Lung expansion and
oxygen cause
pulmonary vessel to
dilate
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6. What is neonatal resuscitation?
• Newborn resuscitation is a series of actions
which are used to assist newborn babies who
have difficulty with making the physiological
‘transition’ between the womb and ‘the outside
world’.
• Newborn resuscitation assists babies who fail to
initiate or sustain regular breathing at birth.
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7. Newborn resuscitation
equipment
• Ability to dry and warm infant (25-26 C)
• Shoulder roll
• Ability to give positive pressure ventilation(PPV)
• Oxygen
• Airway equipment
▫ Straight blades #1 , #0
▫ ETT’s 2.5, 3.0 + stylet
▫ LMA #1 + 5ml syringe
▫ Oral airway
• Suction + catheters (6F, 8F)
• Clock + stethoscope
• Epinephrine 1:10,000 (0.1mg/ml)
• Pulse oximeter very useful
• PERSON DEDICATED TO CARE OF THE BABY
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9. Newborn resuscitation
Ask at birth?
• Term baby?
• Breathing / crying?
• Good muscle tone?
• Yes to all = routine care
▫ Dry baby
▫ Wipe nose and mouth if needed
▫ Skin to skin with mother
▫ Observe
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10. Newborn resuscitation
Ask at birth?
• Term baby?
• Breathing / crying?
• Good muscle tone?
• No to any = put baby under warmer and assess
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11. Newborn resuscitation
suctioning
• Suction baby ONLY if
▫ Airway obstruction is present
▫ PPV is needed
• Routine suctioning of babies can cause
▫ Apnea
▫ Bradycardia
• DO NOT USE SUCTIONING TO STIMULATE A
BABY TO BREATH
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12. Newborn resuscitation
meconium
• No suctioning for vigorous baby
• Suctioning for depressed baby only
▫ Suction before stimulation
▫ Adjustable suction attached to an ETT
0.5 mm smaller than predicted
▫ Do not delay PPV if heart rate is falling
During laryngoscopy may decide to intubate with a
clean normal size tube
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14. Newborn resuscitation
assessment under warmer
• Dry and stimulate baby
• Check respirations and HR (not color)
• By 60 sec after birth suction and start PPV
(40-60 breaths/min) for
▫ Apnea or gasping or HR < 100
▫ Use Low O2 saturation
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16. Newborn resuscitation
PPV
• Start with AIR with term babies
• Best to use a PPV device with a pressure gauge
▫ 30 cm H20 (term) and 25 cm H20 (premature)
• Be sure you are ventilating
▫ Rising heart rate
▫ Chest rise
▫ Breath sounds
▫ Rising O2 saturation
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17. Newborn resuscitation
ventilation correction steps
• M - mask adjustment
• R - reposition baby, shoulder roll
▫ Attempt 5-10 breaths
• S - suction
• O - open mouth
▫ Attempt 5-10 breaths
• P - pressure of ventilation
▫ increase slowly to max of 40 cm H2O
• A - airway
▫ LMA #1
▫ ETT
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20. Newborn resuscitation
CPR
• Use 100% O2 with chest compressions
• Coordinate ventilation and chest compressions
• Intubation recommended after 30 sec of chest
compressions
• Reassess baby after 45-60 sec of CPR
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21. Newborn resuscitation
epinephrine
• Used if heart rate is < 60 after
▫ 30 sec of PPV and
▫ 45-60 sec of PPV and chest compressions
• Epinephrine 1:10,000 solution (0.1mg/ml)
▫ 0.1-0.3 ml/kg IV
▫ 0.5-1.0 ml/kg ETT
▫ 1.0 ml saline flush
• Continue CPR
• Reassess after 60 sec
• May repeat dose q 5 min
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22. Newborn resuscitation
• Volume resuscitation
▫ 10 ml/kg IV given over 5-10 min
Normal saline
Ringers lactate
O neg whole blood
Suction when secretion and when we want we want to
apply PPV
when we compresse
Recoil_ about cardiac refill
depth
Rate
don't interupt
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