Karen H Strange
Integrative Resuscitation of the Newborn workshop, USA
Title: Saving a newborn life: The do’s and don’ts of neonatal resuscitation
Biography
Biography: Karen H Strange
Abstract
A good birth is such a gift… and a complicated birth is the reason YOU are there. When a baby is born
not breathing or not breathing well, it’s the birth practitioners job to step in and help. But that goes beyond
just having an NRP card. It takes skill and confidence to breathe for a baby who isn’t yet breathing for
themselves. And in that moment fear and panic may be filling your body. Do you know what to do?
Each of us had to undergo a transition at birth. We transitioned from intrauterine life to extrauterine life.
And in that transition, our lungs went from fluid filled lungs to air filled lungs. We all did it. Most of us made
that transition naturally, on our own, but some babies need help clearing that fluid. Some babies need our
help.
Karen Strange is teaching the subject that she knows best: neonatal resuscitation and the transition that
babies make at birth. While surveying countless midwives and birth attendants through trainings,
workshops, case reviews and debriefs, the same mistakes came up time and time again. Karen has
gathered birth data from across the globe and has pinpointed the 5 most common mistakes that occur in
neonatal resuscitation.
In this lecture, Karen breaks down the 5 main failures in neonatal resuscitation and gives you the tips you
need for successful resuscitation of the newborn, in the least traumatic way. Learn the most likely
complications, what often gets missed by birth practitioners, and the most frequent misunderstandings.
You will leave the lecture with a new understanding of the transition that each of us makes at birth.
Karen is unlike any other AAP/NRP instructor. She takes the latest updates from NRP, international
resuscitation guidelines, and over 900+ debrief hours with experienced birth professionals to create the
most cohesive resuscitation trainings available.