Neonatal resuscitation skills are essential for all health care providers who are involved in
the delivery of newborns. The transition from fetus to newborn requires intervention by a skilled individual or team
in approximately 10% of all deliveries. Objective: Evaluation of neonatal resuscitation measures in Obstetric
Department Benha University Hospital. Methods: It is an observational study as we watch the resuscitation of 100
cases of newly born infants at delivery room in Benha University Hospital from June 2010 through December 2010
without informing any member of obstetric or neonatal resuscitation team, comparing this with Mega code
assessment chick list for year 2005. Results: There is a significant difference between practice of neonatal team and
other health care givers (Anesthesiologists, house officers, nurses of Obstetric Department). Other health care givers
were not skilled or trained on basic neonatal resuscitation techniques or familiar with available equipments, and
trained persons like anesthesiologists had unsuitable equipments for dealing with neonates .Conclusions: the study
indicates that the all medical staff on the delivery room( neonatologists, nurses, midwives, pediatricians,
obstetricians, anesthesiologists and general practitioners) must be trained on NRP program which is an effective
and practical tool that provides skill-based and evaluation-based instructions. Periodic Re-evaluation of the trained
persons is essential to maintain the level of practice & keeping them updated. |
