About 1 in 10 babies born without breathing. When you have the mother comes in your clinic you should prepare the area for the delivery, making sure that the area is clean. Helping the mother wash her hands and chest for skin to skin care.
The room must be warm has to be well lit to assess the baby. You have to check the equipment once the baby is born, dry the baby because drying helps keep the baby warm and stimulates breathing.
If there is meconium you need to clear the airway before drying. When you hear a cry it means the baby is breathing. If the baby does not cry it means the baby is not breathing at birth.
Check to see if the baby is breathing by listening to the sounds and watching the movement of the chest. Wait about 1 minute up to 3 to cut the cord, encourage the mother to breastfeed.
When a baby is born but not breathing you ventilate with a bag and mask. Ventilation opens the lungs with air. You need to control the position of the baby's head and look for movement of the chest. The mask should cover the chin, mouth, and nose not eyes. If the baby does not begin to breathe after 1 minute of ventilation with chest movement then you check the baby's heart rate. You can check the baby's heart rate by feeling the umbilical cord pulse because its attaches to the baby's abdomen. You have 3 minutes to make the baby breath if it have been more then 3 minutes you should call a doctor to take the baby to a hospital.
When the class was finish everybody received their own kit that had a baby, ventilate bag and mask to take back to their clinics to teach other people how to help babies breathe.
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