Essential Newborn Care

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STRATEGY • ANC to all • Safe deliveries • Essential care to all newborns • Iden. and referral of AT RISK newborns

CARE

DURING PREGNANCY • • • •

Early Registration Regular ANC Nutrition advice Anaemia Prophylaxis IFA • Anaemia detection d treatment • TT Immunization

CARE AT BIRTH

UMBILICAL CORD CARE

NO MEDICATIONS OR DRESSING

BATHING • DO NOT BATHE UNTIL 1 WK OLD • MIGHT LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA • ONLY WIPE

BIRTH WT • • • •

WITHIN 2 D Spring balance Home deliveries Colour code

BIRTH WEIGHT < 2500gms 2000 – 2500gms < 2000gms

COLOUR CODE GREEN

WHERE TO MANAGE HOME

YELLOW

HOME

RED

REFERRAL

Breastfeeding • Within 1 hr all normal newborns must be kept with their mothers and put to breast - Warmth - Initiation of BF - Emotional BONDING

1 SUCTION • EXTEND THE NECK 30° by placing a folded towel under its shoulders MUCOUS EXTRACTOR clear the mouth and throat. DO NOT USE GAUZE R CLOTH

IF STILL DOES NOT CRY • FLICK THE SOLES - 2 - 3 TIMES • DO NOT SLAP R HANG IT UPSIDE DOWN

• INITIATE ASSISTED

• VENTILATION

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MANAGEMENT OF

LBWs • • • • • • •

provide WARMTH EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING PREVENT INFECTIONS TEACH MOTHER TO RECOGNISE DANGER SIGNS

WHEN TO REFER • all newborns < 1800gms • LBWs b/w 1800 - 2500gms + DANGERSIGNS

• • • • • • •

REFUSAL OF FEEDS INCREASED DROWSINESS DIFFICULT BREATHING APNOEA COLD TO TOUCH EXCESSIVE JAUNDICE CONVULSIONS

SEVERITY MILD ILLNESS

SEVERE ILLNESS

SYMPTOMS UMBILICAL DISCHARGE, CONJUNCTIVITIS, DIARRHOEA FAST BREATHING CHEST INDRAWING POOR FEEDING DECREASED ACTIVITY FEVER

PLACE OF MANAGEMENT

HOME APPROPRIATE ANTIBIOTICS

HOSPITAL . EXTERNAL HEAT SOURCE .CONTINUE FEEDING .PARENTERAL ANTB .MONITOR FOR SIGNS OF VERY SEVERE ILLNNESS

Very severe Illness

Symptoms

Place of Management

Inability to FEED Hypothermia Abdominal distension IN A TERTIARY Imperforate anus CENTRE No urine for 48 hrs Apnoea Cyanosis Convulsions Bleeding

JAUNDICE • PHYSIOLOGICAL • PATHOLOGICAL • CRITERIA time of onset extent of skin staining sun light progresses from face to trunk and limbs persistence beyond 10 days

Type

Onset

Persistence

Skin Staining

PHYSIOLO AFTER DISAPPEAR NO STAIN1ST DAY BY 10TH -GICAL PALMS D DAY. SOLES Any day ST DAY 1 PATHOLALWAY OGICAL S

DOES NOT STAINING DISAPPEAR OF PALMS D SOLES BY 14TH DAY

Therapy

NO INTERVE NT-ION

REFER

STRATEGIES • • • • • • •

ANC SAFE DELIVERY RESPIRATION TEMPERATURE BREAST FEEDING PREVENTION OF INFECTIONS REFERRAL OF HIGH RISK BIRTH SPACING D IMMZN

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