Baby Friendly
The policy can be found on the Pulse page and outlines guidelines for infant feeding
What is the Infant Feeding Policy?
This is the first thing you should check when finding an unresponsive adult patient.
What is a pulse?
During a neonatal arterial stick, the skin should be entered at this angle and location (just proximal to the wrist at the level of the proximal skin crease, where pulse is the strongest).
What is 30–45° angle into the radial artery site?
The first milk, rich in antibodies and yellow in color, is nicknames "yellow gold"
What is colostrum?
During an adult code, the compression to breath ratio when no advanced airway is in place.
What is 30 compressions to 2 breaths?
To locate this artery for a neonatal arterial stick, hold arm supine with a slightly extended wrist and palpate in the distal notch of the radius, just below the thumb and lateral to the tendon.
What is the radial artery?
Madison Hospital earned this certification by training staff in the Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding created by the World Health Organization.
What is being a Baby Friendly Hospital
The initial heart rate below this number in an infant signals the need for chest compressions.
What is 60 beats per minute?
This recovery protocol for cesarean births promotes early oral intake within 2 hours, foley removal at 6 hours, and mobilization by 8 hours to improve outcomes and reduce complications.
What is Enhanced Recovery After Cesarean (ERAC)?
Sharing these benefits ensures parents can make a fully informed decision about how to feed their baby
What is the importance of breastfeeding education?
This is the preferred method for delivering effective chest compressions during an infant code.
What is the two thumb encircling technique?
Bonding, regulation of temperature, and stabilization of blood sugar and heart rate are all benefits of this practice.
What is skin to skin?
This is the recommended ratio of compressions to breaths during coordinated chest compressions and ventilation in neonatal resuscitation.
What is 3 compressions to 1 breath (3:1 ratio)?
For late preterm infants (34-36.6 weeks), breastfeeding mothers should begin pumping within this timeframe and this long.
What is within 6 hours of birth and for 15 minutes?