“Helping Babies Breathe” Training
One Minute of Time…
that’s the difference between action and inaction … the brief opportunity available for midwives to address otherwise preventable infant and delivering mothers deaths
10% of babies born have poor respiratory effort and fail to spontaneously breathe. Simple actions at birth like clearing an airway, drying, rubbing and providing warmth can stimulate a baby’s breathing.
Use of a bag and mask can save many more babies if applied within the first minute. Delaying basic resuscitation methods in an apnoeic baby increases morbidity by 16% for every 30 second delay in initiating Face Mask Ventilation.
In order to combat birth asphyxia, stillbirth and very early neonatal deaths the Helping Babies Breathe ® program was introduced in 2009.
The Helping Babies Breathe® (HBB) program is an evidence-based education program providing neonatal resuscitation techniques and skills in resource-limited areas A program developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP).
Jan, as a qualified Master Trainer, has been conducting Helping Babies Breath courses for the nurses at Amana Hospital.
Graduates receive a certificate, and are rewarded with new scrubs announcing them as Helping Babies Breath Champions.
