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1 Care of infants at birth

Objectives

When you have completed this unit you should be able to:

  • Manage a normal infant at birth.
  • Promote early bonding between mother and infant.
  • Diagnose neonatal asphyxia at birth.
  • Assess an Apgar score.
  • Prepare for resuscitation.
  • Resuscitate an infant.
  • Prevent meconium aspiration.
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1-1 What care should you give a normal infant immediately after delivery?
1-2 When is the best time to clamp the umbilical cord?
1-3 When should you give the infant to the mother?
1-4 When should the normal infant be put to the breast?
1-5 How should the mother keep her infant warm?
1-6 When do you identify the infant?
1-7 Should all infants be given vitamin K?
1-8 Should antibiotic ointment be placed in the infant's eyes?
1-9 Should all infants be weighed and measured?
1-10 What care and management should be documented?
1-11 Should the infant stay with the mother after delivery?
1-12 Should the infant be bathed after delivery?
1-13 When does a normal infant start breathing after delivery?
1-14 What is neonatal asphyxia?
1-15 What important clinical signs should be looked for in the infant after delivery?
1-16 What is the Apgar score?
1-17 How is the Apgar score measured?
1-18 How should you assess an infant's breathing after birth?
1-19 How should you count an infant's heart rate after birth?
1-20 How should you assess an infant's colour after birth?
1-21 How should you assess an infant's tone after birth?
1-22 How should you assess an infant's response to stimulation after birth?
1-23 When should the Apgar score be measured?
1-24 What is a normal Apgar score?
1-25 What are the important causes of a low Apgar score?
1-26 What is hypoxia?
1-27 What is fetal hypoxia?
1-28 Are neonatal asphyxia and fetal hypoxia the same condition?
1-29 Can neonatal asphyxia be prevented?
1-30 How is neonatal asphyxia managed?
1-31 What is resuscitation?
1-32 Which infants need resuscitation?
1-33 Can you anticipate which infants will need resuscitation at birth?
1-34 What is needed to resuscitate a newborn infant?
1-35 What is a suitable resuscitation area?
1-36 What equipment do you need for infant resuscitation?
1-37 How should you stimulate respiration immediately after birth?
1-38 Should all infants be routinely suctioned after delivery?
1-39 Which infants should be suctioned after delivery?
1-40 When should you start to resuscitate an infant?
1-41 Can resuscitation of an infant with severe neonatal asphyxia result in brain damage?
1-42 Who should resuscitate the infant?
1-43 How do you resuscitate an infant?
1-44 How do you give oxygen to an infant?
1-45 How should you use a self-inflating bag and mask to ventilate an infant?
1-46 How do you give cardiac massage?
1-47 How can you assess whether the resuscitation has been successful?
1-48 When is further resuscitation hopeless?
1-49 What post resuscitation care is needed?
1-50 What about the mother during resuscitation?
 
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