Abstract
Background
More than 300,000 babies are born in Australia each year, with almost 20% of newborns
requiring some form of neonatal resuscitation at birth. The most common first responders
to a neonatal resuscitation emergency are midwives. While the Australian and New Zealand
Council on Resuscitation guides midwives’ practice during a neonatal resuscitation,
each state and territory uses varying strategies to train and assess midwives proficiency
in neonatal resuscitation.
Aim
To examine the neonatal resuscitation training requirements for midwives and raise
awareness for the lack of consistency in training in Australia.
Discussion
A significant variation was found in the teaching methods and frequency of training
for neonatal resuscitation across Australia. Neonatal resuscitation is mandated through
a state-wide guideline or policy in only four of the states with seven formal neonatal
resuscitation training programs used across seven states and territories. Although
a multi-modal approach to learning is present in all of the programs, the combination
of teaching methods differ.
Conclusion and Recommendations
A standardised, evidence-based training program is required to ensure consistency
in training for midwives in Australia. Multi-modal learning is common across all current
training programs; however, the best combination of multi-modal teaching methods needs
to be determined. Neonatal resuscitation training needs to occur at least annually,
as recommended by the Australian and New Zealand Council on Resuscitation.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 18, 2020
Accepted:
January 4,
2020
Received in revised form:
December 20,
2019
Received:
November 4,
2019
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