Updated International Guidelines for Neonatal Resuscitation

Target Audience: Clinicians who care for newly born infants transitioning from intrauterine to extrauterine life and neonatal patients in the first weeks of life, including emergency physicians, family medicine physicians, pediatricians, and neonatologists

Background and Objective

Approximately 10% of newborns will require assistance to breathe after birth, and <1% will need additional resuscitation efforts. These guidelines update the 2010 International Liaison Committee recommendations on neonatal resuscitation.

Key Recommendations

• Term infants who are breathing or crying and have good tone may remain with the mother for usual care.

• Infants not meeting the above criteria …