Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session you should be able to:

• Summarise the most important signs of neonatal asphyxia that mean you should begin neonatal resuscitation.
• Explain how newborns can be helped to breathe by applying standard resuscitation techniques.
• Identify the equipment you will need to give newborn resuscitation and how it should be used correctly.
• Describe the things you should not do when assessing a newborn for possible breathing difficulties.
• Summarise the main health risks to newborns and the activities that form the basis of essential newborn care.