Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation

by American Academy of Pediatrics

Overview

New 7th Edition!
Powerful resource for interactive, simulation-based teaching and learning!
The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) is an educational program jointly sponsored by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Heart Association (AHA). The course is designed to teach an evidence-based approach to resuscitation of the newborn to hospital staff who care for newborns at the time of delivery.

New in the 7th edition!

• Text updated to reflect the 2015 AAP/AHA Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care of the Neonate
• Two new chapters added covering post-resuscitation care and preparing for resuscitation
• 140+ new full-color photographs replacing most line drawings

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781610020244
Publisher:	American Academy of Pediatrics
Publication date:	05/01/2016
Series:	Nrp
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	313
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Associate editor: Jeanette Zaichkin, RN, MN, NNP-BC
Jeanette Zaichkin has been a neonatal nurse for more than 30 years. She graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA, and received her master's degree from the University of Washington. Jeanette has worked as a staff nurse, clinical nurse specialist, manager, and neonatal outreach coordinator in a variety of settings, including community hospitals and major medical centers. She has numerous publications and has served as a consultant and editor for the American Academy of Pediatrics Neonatal Resuscitation Program since 1998. Jeanette leads Positive Pressure, her business enterprise that provides consultation and program development for neonatal resuscitation, simulation and debriefing, and instructor development.
 

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
    Book Info
    Page vii
    Preface
    Page xi
    Neonatal Resuscitation Program Provider Course Overview
    Page 1
    Lesson 1. Foundations of Neonatal Resuscitation
    Page 17
    Lesson 2. Preparing for Resuscitation
    Page 33
    Lesson 3. Initial Steps of Newborn Care
    Page 65
    Lesson 4. Positive-Pressure Ventilation
    Page 115
    Lesson 5. Alternative Airways: Endotracheal Tubes and Laryngeal Masks
    Page 163
    Lesson 6. Chest Compressions
    Page 183
    Lesson 7. Medications
    Page 213
    Lesson 8. Post-resuscitation Care
    Page 225
    Lesson 9. Resuscitation and Stabilization of Babies Born Preterm
    Page 243
    Lesson 10. Special Considerations
    Page 265
    Lesson 11. Ethics and Care at the End of Life
    Page 277
    Appendix
        Page 279
        Part 13: Neonatal Resuscitation 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines Update for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care (Reprint)
    Page 305
    Index

 

Editorial Reviews

**Description**
This eighth edition on neonatal resuscitation updates the last edition (2016) with new educational methodologies to help train providers who care for newborns in the delivery room. In this new edition, there are now two curriculum levels and two methods of delivering the content. This edition updates previous guidance based on the most recent CoSTaR document (Consensus on Science and Treatment Recommendations) published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR), which is appended at the back of the book.
 
**Purpose**
The purpose of this book is to train all providers of various levels to master the cognitive, technical, and behavioral skills to conduct a successful delivery room resuscitation. Virtually every hospital in the United States requires this training, but the AAP Neonatal Resuscitation Steering Committee continues to try to make this more effective since completion of the course does not ensure competency. This latest edition, with the supplementation of the NRP Learning Platform, makes this goal more attainable.
 
**Audience**
The book is directed at all neonatal providers, from nurses to medical students and physician providers at every level. Each successive edition of this text has advanced the goal of providing skillful care to babies in need of resuscitation. The authors and contributors are members of the NRP Steering Committee and many have participated in the ILCOR deliberations on the science.
Educational experts help to make this program effective at all levels.  
 
**Features**
The new text is divided into two levels: NRP Essentials and NRP Advanced. Each organization will decide who needs to take each course. The essentials program is limited to four chapters and includes the initial steps of resuscitation up to delivery of positive pressure ventilation. The advanced curriculum is 11 chapters and includes all aspects of neonatal resuscitation including intubation, alternative airways, chest compressions, vascular access, and the administration of medications. There are also three supplemental chapters on human factors, resuscitation outside the delivery room, and quality improvement programs. Also new to this edition is a link to a resuscitation quality improvement (RQI) program for self—directed simulation—based learning. There are no references except for those included with the CoSTaR document appended at the end of the book.

This is THE text for learning neonatal resuscitation in the United States. It is updated according to the latest science every five years by a very knowledgeable and committed steering committee of the AAP and is the training manual for virtually every provider who enters a delivery room. Every hospital that delivers babies will need many copies of this text to train their
personnel.  
 
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Weighted Numerical Score: 99 — 5 Stars!

Jay P. Goldsmith, MD
Tulane University School of Medicine
Doody's Book Reviews

 

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