Newborn Handling

Normal baby would cry spontaneously soon after birth. If the baby does not burst into tears, helpers quickly cleared the airway, by the way:
1. Place the baby on her back position in place of the hard and warm.
2. Roll up and place a piece of cloth under the baby’s shoulders so much a straight neck and the head does not bend. The position of the head is set straight, slightly tilted backwards.

3. Clean nose, mouth and throat with his fingers baby wrapped in sterile gauze.
4. Clap your feet as much as 2-3x or brush your baby’s skin with a dry cloth and rough. With this stimulation usually cry baby soon.
5. Acid deficiency in newborns may cause damage or very important to clean the airway, breathing baby that effort will not lead to aspiration of mucus (mucus entry into the lungs). Mucus suction tool milut (de lee) or other suction device to a sterile, O2 canister with the hose should have been ready in place.
Cutting and caring for the umbilical cord
The umbilical cord was cut 5 cm from the baby’s abdominal wall with sterile scissors and then tied with rope sterile, then bandaged with sterile gauze. Kasa replaced every day or every time the wet / dirty.
Maintain baby’s body temperature
At the time the baby is born, the baby can not regulate his body temperature and require external regulation to keep him warm. Newborns should be wrapped up warm. Baby’s body temperature is a measure of the need for a warm bed until his temperature is stable.

 
Giving vitamin K
Incidence of bleeding due to vitamin K deficiency in newborns was reported quite high, ranging from 0,25-0,5%, to prevent bleeding are all normal newborns and fairly given month peroral vitamin K 1 mg / day for 3 days. While high-risk infants were given parenteral vitamin K 0,5-1 mg dose.
Giving drops
In some countries newborn care legally required to prevent feamia monotarium. In areas where a high prevalence of gonorrhea, every newborn baby was given eye ointment 5 hours after the baby is born. Erythromycin eye medication 0.5% or 1% tetrasilin recommended for the prevention of eye disease due to Chlamydia (STDs).