In October 2010, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the American Heart Association released new guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) [1][2] that were developed based on an extensive, evidence-based review of the resuscitation literature conducted by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation [3]. The present article focuses on the highlights of the new paediat...

Search strategy (including electronic databases searched). Pub Med[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed/], “Laryngeal Masks or Laryngeal Mask, or Laryngeal Mask Airway or LMA” AND “Infant or Newborn or Neonate” as MESH (headings) AND “cardiopulmonary resuscitation or neonatal resuscitation or resuscitation” text word in abstract. Intubation, intra$. Mp or exp Intubation, Intratracheal as MeSH Hea...

BACKGROUND High fidelity simulation has been executed to allow the evaluation of technical and non-technical skills of health caregivers. Our objective was to assess technical and non-technical performances of low level hospitals health caregivers who attended a Neonatal Resuscitation course using high fidelity simulation in a standard-setting scenario. METHODS Twenty-three volunteers were as...

The latest guidelines on neonatal resuscitation from American Heart Association (AHA) [1] and European Resuscitation Council (ERC) [2] were released in October 2015. There have been slight variations between these guidelines; although they use nearly identical literature for evidence evaluation. We present here the major changes in the recent guidelines [3,4], and comparison between the ERC and...

OBJECTIVES High-fidelity simulation is an effective tool in teaching neonatal resuscitation skills to professionals. We aimed to determine whether in situ simulation training (for ∼80% of the delivery room staff) improved neonatal resuscitation performed by the staff at maternities. METHODS A baseline evaluation of 12 maternities was performed: a random sample of 10 professionals in each unit...

OBJECTIVE To measure the delivered fractional oxygen concentration (F(DO(2))) from preterm-size Laerdal silicone resuscitators (PLSR) without a reservoir. BACKGROUND The North American Neonatal Resuscitation Program manual states that self-inflating bags without a reservoir deliver approximately 40% oxygen, differing from the PLSR manufacturer's specifications. METHODS A neonatal test lung ...

BACKGROUND Neonates born between 24 + 0 and 27 + 6 gestational weeks, widely known as extremely preterm neonates, present a category characterized by increased neonatal mortality and morbidity. Main objective of the present study is to analyze the effect of various epidemiological and pregnancy-related parameters on unfavorable neonatal mortality and morbidity outcomes. METHODS A retrospectiv...

OBJECTIVE To explore healthcare professionals' experiences around the time of newborn resuscitation in the delivery room, when the baby's father was present. DESIGN A qualitative descriptive, retrospective design using the critical incident approach. Tape-recorded semistructured interviews were undertaken with healthcare professionals involved in newborn resuscitation. Participants recalled r...

objective: to evaluate the maternal and neonatal complications of vaginal birth after cesarean section (vbac). materials and methods: this cross sectional study was conducted in mashhad university of medical sciences. eighty women with previous cesarean section who were candidate for vbac were enrolled the study. patients were followed up for 6 weeks after delivery. the complication of vbac was...