Drying the child front and back usually stimulates the child to breathe and cry.

Before commencing chest compressions for a heart rate < 60/min make sure you have given 30sec of effective ventilation, and that has not worked to bring up the heart rate.

Always potential for confusion.

0.5ml of 1.10000 for a 3.5kg newborn works out to be 50mic of adrenaline which is a bit over 10mic/kg (10mic/kg is the recommended dose in children) but it is easier to remember.

When the CPR is being performed with a single clinician/rescuer a 2 finger technique rather than 2 thumbs with hands around the chest is more practical.

Shows prematurity does not stop greatness and being full term does not stop you becoming a dictator.

Yes it certainly can be used for the delivery of resuscitation drugs.

Note that this is higher than the recommeded dose (APLS guidelines) for infants and children which is 2ml/kg of 10% Dextrose.

Always prudent to have 1 size above and below available.

You get 0,1 or 2 points for each component. As a result the score is between 0 and 10. It is performed at 1 and 5 minutes after birth. Created by Virginia APGAR--see picture. Off handedly Virginia Apgar was known to carry a pen knife, ETT and a laryngoscope just in case somebody around her stopped breathing.

Apparently a peasant lady in Russia gave birth to 69 babies to her first husband and 18 to her second husband. She had 16 pairs of twins, 7 sets of triplets and 4 sets of quadriplets.