Air, Air, Air: a champion midwife programme in Tanzania using HOT neonatal resuscitation-lessons learned.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
; 116(5): 375-380, 2022 05 02.
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| ID: mdl-34614194
BACKGROUND: Tanzania has approximately 40 000 newborn deaths per year, with >25% of these linked to intrapartum-related hypoxia. The Helping Babies Breathe© and Golden minute© (HBB©) programme was developed to teach skilled intervention for non-breathing neonates at birth. While Helping Babies Breathe© and Golden minute©, providing training in simulated bag and mask ventilation, is theoretically successful in the classroom, it often fails to transfer to clinical practice without further support. Furthermore, the proclivity of midwives to suction excessively as a first-line intervention is an ingrained behaviour that delays ventilation, contributing to very early neonatal deaths. METHODS: The 'champion' programme provided guided instruction during a real-life resuscitation. The site was Amana Hospital, Tanzania. The labour ward conducts 13 500 deliveries annually, most of which are managed by midwives. Brief mannikin simulation practice was held two to three times a week followed by bedside hands-on training (HOT) of bag and mask skills and problem solving while reinforcing the mantra of 'air, air, air' as the first-line intervention during a real-life emergency. RESULTS: Champion midwives (trainers) guided instructions given during a real emergency at the bedside caused learners beliefs to change. Trainees observed changes in baby skin colour and the onset of spontaneous breathing after effective ventilation. CONCLUSIONS: Visible success during an actual real-life emergency created confidence, mastery and collective self-efficacy.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Asfixia Neonatal
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Muerte Perinatal
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Partería
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
Año:
2022
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Australia
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido