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Textbook of neonatal resuscitation, 4th edn (multimedia CD-ROM)
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Edited by Dana A V Braner. Published by American Heart Association and American Academy of Pediatrics, 2004, £21.00, pp 224. ISBN 1581100566
This A4 sized book together with its CD contains the seven lessons that constitute the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), a course teaching resuscitation at birth, devised jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association. Lesson one provides an overview and presents the principles of resuscitation, and lesson two describes the initial steps. The remaining five lessons deal with the use of a bag and mask, how to do chest compressions, a description of endotracheal intubation, a lesson on medications, and the final …