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Table 1 Description of the 12 aHBB Training Components

From: Adapted Helping Babies Breathe approach to neonatal resuscitation in Haiti: a retrospective cohort study

Step

Performed

Definition

Preparation

yes no

Get yourself, your supplies, and the environment ready for the delivery

Wash your hands and put on gloves

yes no

Wash your hands thoroughly with soap and clean water and put on gloves

Find clean flat place

yes no

Find a place to make supplies ready and place the baby after delivery

2 clean dry sheets

yes no

Get clean dry sheets for delivery

Sterile razor

yes no

Get a sterile razor to cut the umbilical cord

2 Pieces of string

yes no

Get two pieces of string to tie the cord

Suction

yes no

Get bulb suction to suction secretions

Dry baby and remove wet cloth

yes no

Dry baby and remove wet cloth

Suck liquid from the mouth then nose

yes no

Using the bulb suction, suck liquid from the baby’s mouth then nose if they are not crying

Stimulate baby if it doesn’t cry

yes no

If the baby is not crying stimulate the baby

Tie the cord at the mother and the baby

yes no

Tie the cord in two places near the baby’s umbilicus

After 3 min, cut the cord

yes no

Cut the cord between the ties after three minutes