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Ok, I was being quizzed the other day by a paramedic and the topic du jour was obstetrics. He asked me "When delivering the baby, which do you suction first, the nose or mouth?"
I said mouth and I was told I was wrong and everyone around agreed. So I went back today and was studying this chapter and my book did not specify.
Mosby Text, Revised Third Edition, Page 1074, "4. Suction the infants mouth and nose with a bulb syringe to clear the airway. Perform suction after the head appears but before the next contraction."
I looked in a Brady book (not available right now) and it said the same thing roughly, to suction just the mouth and nose without specifying which to go for.
I also looked it up online and got the following info: "Suction the babys mouth first, then the nose"
If it's on the internet it must be true
Which is it? I was always told that suctioning when it boils down to it, you can do either or first. BUT if given the option to suction the mouth first, do that as suctioning the nose stimulates the baby to breath.
More importantly, if this question is asked on the NR, which is it.
I said mouth and I was told I was wrong and everyone around agreed. So I went back today and was studying this chapter and my book did not specify.
Mosby Text, Revised Third Edition, Page 1074, "4. Suction the infants mouth and nose with a bulb syringe to clear the airway. Perform suction after the head appears but before the next contraction."
I looked in a Brady book (not available right now) and it said the same thing roughly, to suction just the mouth and nose without specifying which to go for.
I also looked it up online and got the following info: "Suction the babys mouth first, then the nose"
If it's on the internet it must be true
Which is it? I was always told that suctioning when it boils down to it, you can do either or first. BUT if given the option to suction the mouth first, do that as suctioning the nose stimulates the baby to breath.
More importantly, if this question is asked on the NR, which is it.