First Response interventions

1.7. First Response Interventions

  • Airway 
    • Positioning the infant to open the airway
    • Clearing the airway
    • Management of the infant born through meconium stained amniotic fluid
  • Breathing 
    • Positive pressure ventilation devices
    • Face masks
    • Reducing face mask leak
    • The technique of mask ventilation
    • Supraglottic airway
    • The first breaths of life
    • Assessing the effectiveness of mask ventilation
    • The preterm infant: special considerations
    • Supplemental oxygen during resuscitation
    • The use of pulse oximetry
    • The relationship between SpO2 and PaO2
    • Titrating oxygen to the infant’s requirements
  • Circulation
    • Assessment of heart rate
    • Indications for external chest compressions (ECC)
    • Techniques of external chest compressions

 

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