TERMS:
Neonatal Period:
Birth --> 28 days of life
Term Infant:
38 -42 weeks of gestation
Transition Period: Phases of instability during the
first 6-8 hours after birth
Viability
Capacity to live outside of the uterus -about 22 to 24
weeks since the last menstrual period, or fetal weight
greater than 500 g.
In the past was 28 weeks -with technology and
advancements this is becoming shorter and shorter…...
Sustained (2 second) Inflation Breaths
First
Breaths
Arterioles Dilate and Blood
Flow Increases
Third
Second
Fetal Lung
Fluid
Air
O2
O2 O2
Equipment Needed
Overhead radiant warmer
Bulb syringe
BVM with heated &
humidified O2
De Lee suction device
Size 5 Fr suction catheters
and wall suction
Laryngoscope with proper
sized blades
Proper sized ET tubes
Crash cart/Drug box
Normal Delivery Procedures
Place under warmer and
towel dry
Use bulb syringe to clear
mouth, than nose
Tactile stimulation if not
breathing yet
Auscultate heart and lungs
& assess color
Prophylactic silver nitrate
or erythromycin drops in
eyes
Vitamin K injection
Examine umbilical cord
Free flow O2 as needed
Free Flow O2
Hold O2 connecting tubing ½ inch from infants face.
Run flow at 5 LPM
•Blue
•Moderate tone
•Breathing
inadequately
•Slow heart rate
Management
Dry and cover
Open the airway
Inflation breaths
•Blue or white
•‘Floppy’
•Not breathing
•Slow or very slow heart rate
Condition –Group 3
•Blue or white
•‘Floppy’
•Not breathing
•Slow or very slow heart rate
Management
Dry and cover
Open the airway
Inflation breaths
Re-assess
Do you need help ?
‘Jaw thrust’ applied –in neutral position
•Open the airway -place the child in
the
neutral position
•If necessary, provide jaw thrust
•Give FIVEinitial inflation breaths
Airway Management
Inflation breaths
Five breaths,
each sustained for 2-3 seconds
at 30 cms of water pressure
•The heart rate will usually respond
to
lung inflation
•If there is no heart rate response
check
for chest movement
Inflation breaths
•If the chest is not moving, it is not
being
inflated
•Check A & B
•Do not start chest compressions
until the
chest isbeing inflated
Chest compressions
Reassess
•If the heart rate is slow and not improving
•Consider chest compressions
Chest (cardiac) compressions
Indicated when HR < 60bpm after 30 seconds of effective
ventilation
3:1 compressions:breaths at HR approx 100bpm (Note:
EFFECTIVENESS IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
RATE!!!)
Re-evaluate HR every 30 seconds
Continue cardiac compressions until HR rising and
approx 100bpm (Note: HR USUALLY RESPONDS
RAPIDLY)
Chest (cardiac) compressions
You only need to move oxygenated blood
from the lungsto the coronary arteries
Its not that far and won’t take long!
Reassess
•Has the heart rate improved ?
No
•Re-check airway
•Check chest movement
•Check compressions
•Preterm babies
care with inflation pressures
•Meconium
see next slide
•Congenital abnormality
eg diaphragmatic hernia -may make
resuscitation extremely difficult
•Delivery outside labour ward
cold babies are more difficult to resuscitate
Special Cases
Meconium
Suction ONLY IF ‘SOLID’ MECONIUM causing physical
block to ventilation
use catheter or endotracheal tube with wall suction
Vigorous infant
tracheal suction NOTindicated
Infant with absent/depressed respirations, HR < 100bpm
or poor tone
if bag ventilation is inadequate, intubate with 10F
catheter to clear SOLIDmeconium below cords
•Dry & cover the baby
•Assess the situation
•Airway
•Breathing -Inflationbreaths
•Chest compressions
•(Drugs)
summary neonatal resuscitation
Meconium Baby
Airway is aggressively
cleared prior to drying if
infant is meconium
stained AND baby is NOT
vigorous!
Use ET tube as a suction
device
May need PD & P after
heart rate, respirations,
and color stabilize
If baby is meconium
stained but vigorous,
proceed with normal
resuscitation
BVM Devices
Bagging Technique
Place infant in
“sniffing” position by
placing a small towel
under the shoulders
Do not hyperextend
neck!
Bagging technique (cont.)
Apply correctly sized
mask over infants
mouth and nose with
apex of mask over
bridge of nose
Neonatal Chest Compressions
Asystole or bradycardia less than 60 that is not increasing
with airway and ventilation
Use thumbs on lower half of sternum (one finger’s width
below nipple line)
Compress ½ to ¾ of an inch, 120 times per minute
Compression ventilation ratio is 3:1 (pause to give breath)