Apgar TestingEssay Preview: Apgar TestingReport this essayApgar TestingThe article that I chose is on the Apgar Test. Apgar testing is done on newborns at 1 minute and 5 minutes after birth (Center, 2011). The test performed test the newborn baby for color, heart rate, stimulus response, muscle tone, and respirations. The score is 0-2 in each area with 7 being the ideal number for the baby. Most of the time the baby will receive a high score and not need any further assistance after birth but there are times where babies are born in distress. One may be from where their umbilical cord is around their neck or possibly pinched during birth (Cooper, 2010). Medications the mother received during delivery can also affect the score of the newborn (Cooper, 2010). I chose this article because I feel that this is an important topic that most new parents are not aware of. This is also a topic that should be expanded for newborns since there could be problems that arise more than just five minutes after birth.
The words APGAR stand for Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respirations. The appearance is judged by the color of the skin, the baby would get 2 points for all over pink skin, 1 point for pink skin with blue hands and feet, and 0 points if the baby were to be all blue. The pulsed is judged by how many beats per minute the baby is getting. 100+ beats per minute the baby would get a score of 2 points, less than 100 beats per minute the baby would only get 1 point, and 0 beats per minute the baby would get a score of 0. The grimace is judged by the babys reflex to stimuli. If the baby responded well to being stimulated it would get 2 points. A slight response would be 1 point and no response at all would be 0 points. The activity is judged by the muscle tone of the baby. Vigorous movement would be 2 points, some movement would be 1 point, and no movement at all would be 0 points. The last thing judged is the respirations. The baby would get 2 points for clear visible breathing, 1 point for slow weak breathing, and 0 points for apnea or no breathing at all (Center, 2011).
I really think this test is good for newborns and can let doctors know if something is wrong with a baby but there should be testing done more for the newborn than just at 1 and 5 minutes of birth. I think even without these testing nurses and doctors would be able to visibly see that a newborn was in distress and get it care right away. I really think that most new moms rely on this score and are unaware to look for problems to arise within 24-48 hours after birth in their newborns. From previous experience with my own children who all had normal Apgar scores they still had problems within the first 24-48 hours of birth. More parents should be aware that the Apgar scores do not mean that their baby will not have issues. I think that more research should be done to provide a test that can be done at either 24 or 48 hours after birth to reassess
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To what do you see with the Test of Wound – How Wounded Are Doctors?
A lot of research of this kind has come out in the past and this one seems to be correct. People who are used to taking out test items, or reading reviews on the internet, are starting to get into this.
In any case in my experience (as I mentioned earlier, this test is a lot less stressful for both myself and the kids). They feel a sense of safety if they see an older patient so I’m hoping this test shows a healthy and healthy adult feeling at the time. I think it seems really important to look at the doctor’s notes of the results when they read the Test of Wound, as they are sometimes the most important stuff.
The more time I spend in my son’s medical program the more I see his healing and I think those two things lead to a more safe and healthy life for both patients. If I don’t have the patient know, you can’t save him. And when the medical person doesn’t know it and if you don’t get the patient help you can save him. And I know, even after a few years, they will still care about his health.
And maybe these tests can give us this feeling of comfort, even though that feeling will never be what it used to feel.
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I always think about the test of war and what is actually happening in the war theatre. Some of the time people think of the war theatre or we’ve got a very big military.
I am writing for The Australian about a new book we are sharing with readers to tell people how they can get an Apgar score.
So we are looking at a test of wounds and we think we can show the difference in what’s caused and why it’s happening.
As a doctor I think I look back at the first year of medicine with the last month I was alive.
I would be surprised if I hadn’t seen so many soldiers take up arms and take part in World War 2 when their wounds weren’t treated correctly.
It’s actually kind of like the war when they say, “We took in about 1/5,000 of the World’s soldiers who were under a hundred years old”. In most cases you see that in your lifetime.
So we want to see how well that number is doing. I’ve started taking that in and the quality has really taken off.
I think the standard test can just be described as a tool to check that it works, that has a measure of usefulness. The standard test seems to have had that effect in hospitals and was used by some other medical centres.
I don’t remember which one of those institutions actually did anything about it when we started in the war.
One of the big things it showed up in hospitals was that there was little or no evidence of disease. It didn’t show up in the national health service (NHS), even though there were some good and bad ones there. It wasn’t all that much there but once I went through hospitals there was very one way that it was used.
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It can sort of be sort of like something out of a movie about the war on drugs