Newborn Resuscitation: Advances in Training and Practice
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Neonatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 13923
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Stavanger University Hospital, 4011 Stavanger, Norway
Interests: newborn resuscitation; simulation-based education and translation to clinical practice; global health challenges on the day-of-birth
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The day-of-birth carries the highest risk of death during a whole lifetime. Each year, an estimated 1 million newborns die on their first and only day of life. Another 1 million survive with lifelong neurodevelopmental impairment. The majority of these babies could have been saved with appropriate basic newborn resuscitation. About 10% of newborns need urgent and qualified help at birth, but the lifesaving procedure of newborn resuscitation is difficult to master and reported to be inadequately performed around the world. Furthermore, the most effective ventilation modes and techniques remain to be established.
Evidence suggests that implementation of newborn resuscitation training programs improves provider competences and newborn outcomes. However, the optimal time-interval between trainings, and how to effectively learn the practical skill of ventilation, are still unclear. Multi-modal approaches including simulation-based training with emphasis on feedback/debriefing are thought to be most beneficial for learning, and we need more knowledge about efficient strategies to increase implementation of such training in busy healthcare services, transferability to clinical practice and the impact on newborn survival in different settings.
This Special Issue will explore advances in newborn resuscitation training and clinical practice on a global scale.
Prof. Dr. Hege L. Ersdal
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- newborn resuscitation
- ventilation techniques
- novel training strategies
- simulation-based training
- deliberate practice
- implementation of training
- training frequency and retention of skills
- translation to clinical practice
