An intensive educational program that trains medical staff in the sequential, evidence-based steps for resuscitating newborns who have difficulty transitioning from the womb to breathing on their own at birth, in order to reduce deaths or disabilities caused by oxygen deprivation.
The course targets all health practitioners who are present at or take part in childbirth and newborn care, including:
• Pediatricians and neonatologists.
• Obstetricians and gynecologists.
• Family medicine and emergency physicians who handle emergency deliveries.
• Midwives and nurses in delivery rooms and neonatal intensive care units (NICU).
• Respiratory therapists involved in neonatal resuscitation.
• Advanced emergency paramedics who deal with home or field emergency births.
