Neonatal Resuscitation ::

Neonatal Resuscitation is intervention after a baby is born to help it breathe and to help its heart beat. Neonatal resuscitation skills are essential for all health care providers who are involved in the delivery of newborns. Globally, about one quarter of all neonatal deaths are caused by birth asphyxia. Birth asphyxia is defined simply as the failure to initiate and sustain breathing at birth. Effective resuscitation at birth can prevent a large proportion of these deaths.

Key Messages :
1. Effective ventilation is the key to successful resuscitation.
2. The need for neonatal resuscitation at birth cannot always be anticipated or predicted.
3. At every birth, no matter how ‘low risk’, suitable equipment and staff must be available and prepared to resuscitate the newborn infant.
4. 10% of newborns require resuscitation.
5. Newborn resuscitation is a critical skill that requires constant practice.

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Google effect on brain and digital amnesia

We’re bombarded with 200 times more information than 20 years ago, the founder and chief director of the Center for BrainHealth at the University of Texas at Dallas says. And we simply can’t absorb it. Search engines, social media and email have become our external hard drives for memory storage. We don’t remember phone numbers, addresses or anything else that can be easily retrieved. Facebook sends us birthday reminders without asking.

This shift in how we process and compartmentalize information is being called Google brain, the Google effect and digital amnesia. And there’s nothing wrong with saving your brain for more meaningful tasks than rote recall, Chapman says. But there is a troubling rewiring of the brain that can be brought on by relying on instant access. We’re chipping away at our ability to think deep thoughts, innovate and take time to smell the coffee. “Nobody reads in depth anymore,” says Chapman, who holds a doctorate in cognitive neuroscience from UTD. “Google brain is constant distraction. It’s brought to us this need to be entertained with snapshot imaging. People jump from one search to the next, never stay on track and lose retention.