An HBB Master Trainer course will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. on May 31 and June 1. It is a post-conference workshop sponsored by the 16th Neonatal Advanced Practice Nursing Forum. This workshop is designed for those with experience caring for newborns and who will train health care providers as well as birth attendants in low resource settings. A full program description, as well as registration information, can be found by clicking here.
For additional questions please contact Vicki Flanagan, RN, MS at Victoria.A.Flanagan@hitchcock.org.We are asking that experienced Master Trainers please share their "Stories from the Field" on our website. Please complete the template located here and return to us at hbb@aap.org. It is an opportunity to share both successes and challenges with colleagues and those interested in learning more about Helping Babies Breathe.
To ensure that all babies are born with a skilled birth attendant present.
Helping Babies Breathe is a neonatal resuscitation curriculum for resource-limited circumstances. It was developed on the premise that assessment at birth and simple newborn care are things that every baby deserves. The initial steps taught in HBB can save lives and give a much better start to many babies who struggle to breathe at birth. The focus is to meet the needs of every baby born.
Helping Babies Breathe emphasizes skilled attendance at birth, assessment of every baby, temperature support, stimulation to breathe, and assisted ventilation as needed, all within "The Golden Minute" after birth.
Helping Babies Breathe is an initiative of the American Academy of Pediatrics and many partners, including the US Agency for International Development (USAID), The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Saving Newborn Lives/Save the Children, and the Millenium Villages Project. The curriculum was developed with input from the World Health Organization (WHO). All this is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from the Laerdal Foundation for Acute Medicine, and support from Latter-day Saint Charities.
