Resusci-baby

[George K]

Been there, done that.|

When our place got a neonatologist on call for every c-section, I breathed a hugh sigh of relief.

[Mik]

Cool, calm and persistent.

[George K]

@Mik said in Resusci-baby:

Cool, calm and persistent.

One thing that I was (occasionally) complemented on was that I never lost my cool in bad situations.

At least, I never showed it.

"Never, ever, let 'em see you sweat."

I was a witness in a med-mal case of an OB - I won't get into details, but suffice it to say that I had to resuscitate the baby. Kid came out basically dead and after intubation, some some CPR we got the kid back. Ended up with severe cerebral palsy...

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in Resusci-baby:

Been there, done that.|

When our place got a neonatologist on call for every c-section, I breathed a hugh sigh of relief.

I don’t think we have shown you, @bachophile , @blondie , or @Frank_W enough gratitude for what you have done.

[jon-nyc]

You forgot Dr Jill.

[Axtremus]

I get the the doctor got a quiet (possibly not breathing) baby to cry (back to breathing), but I don't get what's so extraordinary about this. Did he do anything that the typical neonatologist (or even the average midwives) wouldn't know how to do?

I don't mean this as a criticism, this is more like acknowledging my own ignorance -- I just don't know what is so extraordinary about what the doctor has done that I'm supposed to appreciate here.

[blondie]

I’m not on Twitter. I don’t get it. Where are the nurses?

[Mik]

@Axtremus said in Resusci-baby:

I don't mean this as a criticism, this is more like acknowledging my own ignorance -- I just don't know what is so extraordinary about what the doctor has done that I'm supposed to appreciate here.

Me too. The beginning of wisdom is realizing how much we don't know.

[George K]

@blondie said in Resusci-baby:

Where are the nurses?

Good observation. Every time I've done this, or seen a neonatologist do this, the nurse had a stethoscope on the chest, and was tapping out the heart rate on the side of the layette.

[blondie]

(Probably TMI) but at 6:23 when he picks up the baby, then drops the head into his other hand, he didn’t slip, he’s just testing for something called a Moro reflex.

[Friday]

@George-K said in Resusci-baby:

@blondie said in Resusci-baby:

Where are the nurses?

Good observation. Every time I've done this, or seen a neonatologist do this, the nurse had a stethoscope on the chest, and was tapping out the heart rate on the side of the layette.

In my hospital the nurses were at every delivery. But we rarely had the neonatologist; it was the interns that were with us.

[George K]

@Friday said in Resusci-baby:

it was the interns that were with us.

::shudder::

[Mik]

Were I a delivering mother it would terrify me.