Newborn Resuscitation
After this activity, the team will be able to resuscitate a newborn baby with emphasis on the following objectives:
1. Apply Crisis Resource Management and teamwork in the care of a newborn (with attention to role designation, directed orders, sharing mental model and closed loop communication with team and family members).
2. Prioritize treatment of potential etiologies to guide stabilization or escalation of care for a newborn baby.
3. Determine the appropriate destination for transfer.
NEW: CE Credit Now Available For This Case!
Disclosure to Learners
None of the planners or presenters for this activity have a relevant financial relationship to disclose with any ineligible companies. Criteria for awarding contact hours: attending the entire activity. ​This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Emergency Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission of Accreditation.
1. Case Content
Download the case booklet and review prior to the session.
Includes the case progression, educational content,
and many other resources to help you facilitate the simulation.
NEW: Quick reference cards for the facilitator
to utilize during the simulation
2. Video
​The video includes frame of an animated patient next to a monitor with vital signs that change based on the patient's clinical condition. There is also a prerecorded, narrated prebrief, dispatch, and debrief that you can use to help faciliatate the simulation.
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Use the video's clickable hotspots to navigate to different parts of the video and find content faster. You can also download the video and use if offline, starting and stopping it as indicated. ​
Interactive Video
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Newborn Resuscitation Case Feb 2025
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Download the non-interactive video from YouTube to use offline
Based on the participants' actions, hover over the video progress bar and quickly navigate to different parts of the video. You can also pause and restart the video as indicated. ​
3. Surveys
Please complete the facilitator and participant surveys at the end of the session to help us improve SimBox.
Acknowledgements
Posted: April 2023
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Revised: June 2021
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Authors: Sofia Athanasopoulou, MD, Maybelle Kou, MD
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Reviewers: Elizabeth Sanseau, MD, Maybelle Kou, MD, Marc Auerbach, MD, Regine Fortunov, MD
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Disclaimer: The booklet and video were created as educational and research resources and not to guide clinical practice. Please reach out to our team with any questions or if you want to contribute.
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Animation used with permission from OPENPediatrics.
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SimBox Case: Newborn Resuscitation © April 2023 by Sofia Athanasopoulou, MD, Maybelle Kou, MD is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/