How can you use a newborn's reflexes and/or senses to calm them down if they are upset? 2. A baby is born. They are flailing around and crying very loudly and vigorously. Their pulse is 110BPM. Their skin color is mostly pink with some blueness at the extremeties (hands and feet). What would their APGAR score be?
1. How can you use a newborn's reflexes and/or senses to calm them down if they are upset?
2. A baby is born. They are flailing around and crying very loudly and vigorously. Their pulse is 110BPM. Their skin color is mostly pink with some blueness at the extremeties (hands and feet). What would their APGAR score be? Check p.79 of your textbook for the APGAR graphic.
APGAR Score:
The Apgar score is a quick technique for medical professionals to assess each newborn's health at 1, 5, and following resuscitation. Virginia Apgar, an anesthesiologist at Columbia University, created it in 1952 in response to the necessity for a systematic method of assessing newborns soon after birth.
The newborn is assessed using five factors to establish the score: activity (tone), pulse, grimace, appearance, and respiration. Newborns can obtain scores ranging from 0 to 2 for each criterion. The word "criteria" is a backronym for the surname "Apgar."
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