Essential Newborn Care: First 30 Seconds • Call out time of birth • Dry the baby (first 5 seconds) – Clean, dry cloth dry the baby – Wipe the eyes, face, head, front, back, arms, legs – Check breathing while drying • Remove wet cloth skin to skin contact • Cover with a clean warm cloth • Cover the baby’s head with a bonnet Immediate Newborn Care: 30 Seconds – 3 Minutes • Gasping/not Breathing/crying (1) Continue skin breathing positive to skin contact pressure ventilation Avoid manipulation (routine suctioning) – Call for help + postpone routine procedures – Clamp + cut the cord (weighing + measurements) – Warm + firm surface Skin to skin contact with the baby prone – Inform the mother on the mother’s abdomen or chest + turn the baby’s head to one side – Start ventilation Algorithm for Covering with a blanket (back) and resuscitation bonnet (head) Immediate Newborn Care: 30 Seconds – 3 Minutes Breathing/crying (2) Inject oxytocin (arm/thigh)
Assist with multiple birth (deliver the next baby)
Do appropriately timed cord clamping and cutting
(after cord pulsations have stopped between 1-3
minutes) Immediate Newborn Care: Within 90 Minutes Skin to skin contact Provide breastfeeding support to ensure good Baby on mother’s chest positioning and attachment + with head turned to Look for signs of good one side attachment and suckling, including: Mother semi-upright Mouth wide open position Lower lip turned
Observe the baby outwards
Baby’s chin touching Feeding cues (opening breast of the mouth, tonguing, Slow and deep suckling, licking, rooting) with some pauses Diagrams of Infant’s Mouth Emmediate Newborn Care: Within 90 Minutes Immediate Newborn Care: Within 90 Minutes Do eye care Erythromycin/tetracycline ointment, or 2,5% povidone-iodine drops (both eyes) Provide additional care for a small baby (or twin) For a visibly small baby or a baby born >1 month early:
Skin to skin contact
Extra blankets keep the baby warm
Don’t bathe the baby
Hygiene (wiping with a damp cloth, but only after 24h)
Prepare for referral baby (<1500 g or born >2 months early)
Essential Newborn Care: 90 Minutes – 24 Hours Essential Newborn Care: 90 Minutes – 24 Hours • Examine the baby General Examination Breathing difficulties: grunting, – Identification tag + chest in-drawing, fast or slow RR weight the baby and (N RR: 30-60 breaths per minute) record Temperature (N axillary: 36,5- 37,5 C); eye (redness, swelling, – Explain examining & pus draining); umbilical stump checking for birth (oozing blood) injuries/malformations Abdominal distention – (General Examination) Head, trunk, all limbs – Inform Fracture (sweeling, crying when touched) – Refer for special Skin (cuts/abrasions) treatment/evaluation Mouth (cleft palate/lip) – Breatfeeding Essential Newborn Care: 90 Minutes – 24 Hours Essential Newborn Care: 90 Minutes – 24 Hours • Vit K1 (phytomenadione) prophylaxis 1 mg IM prevent bleeding • Hepatitis B & BCG intradermal • Dry cord care • Additional care for a small baby(or twin) PANDUAN PELAYANAN KESEHATAN BAYI BARU LAHIR BERBASIS PERLINDUNGAN ANAK. DIREKTORAT KESEHATAN ANAK KHUSUS. 2010