Brought to you by your friends at Beers, Burneka, Baggett, and Rice Newborn Assessment Brought to you by your friends at Beers, Burneka, Baggett, and Rice

Objectives To gain in depth knowledge of the APGAR scale To understand and use the inverted pyramid in neonatal assessment

APGAR and You a Public Service Announcement brought to you by the staff of Beers, Burneka, Baggett, and Rice APGAR is an acronym for newborn assessment Appearance– Color Pulse– The heart rate of the newborn Grimace– also known as irritability Activity– How active is the neonate Respirations– Breathing rate (this one is important)

Appearance Score of zero is central cyanosis Score of one is pink body but blue extremities Score of two is pink all over.

Pulse Score of zero= no pulse Score of one= pulse rate < 100 Score of two= pulse rate > 100 Example= this is a score of zero

Grimace Big purple guy who likes milk shakes Hang’n with Ronald McDonald Can I get a Big Mac?

Grimace (For real) Score of zero= No Response Score of one= mild irritability Score of two= vigorous irritability and crying