Fig. 120.—Byrd’s method of artificial respiration. Flexion and compression. Note position of child which aids the escape of fluids from the mouth and nose. (Edgar.)
The same treatment is employed for the apnœic child born in Cæsarean section and the oligopnœic child born under “Twilight Sleep.” The method called “Schultze Swinging” is not to be recommended generally, on account of the chilling which is so necessarily associated with the exposure. The nurse should learn to practice all these methods of resuscitation.
After the child breathes it must be watched carefully for at least forty-eight hours, lest the symptoms recur, and the child die.
Asphyxia Neonatorum—
(a) Livida—body congested—blue.
(b) Pallida—body limp and pale.
Remember possibility of patent foramen ovale.
Etiology.—
Too long compression of cord.