Newborns who need CPR at birth are typically treated with a 3:1 chest compression-to-ventilation ratio, but this method is linked to high risks. An alternative approach, continuous chest compressions with sustained inflation (CC + SI), may improve outcomes.
This talk will summarize current evidence and review a recently completed pilot trial comparing 3:1 with CC+SI.
About the presenter
Dr. Georg Schmölzer is a clinician-scientist with a focus on neonatal, infant, and pediatric resuscitation research and large clinical trials. He is the Director or CSAR (Centre for the Studies of Asphyxia and Resuscitation) at the University of Alberta and a neonatologist within the Northern Albertan Neonatal Program, providing care to critically ill newborns.
Dr. Schmölzer obtained his MD in Graz, Austria and trained in Pediatrics and Neonatology in Austrian and Australia. He obtained his PhD at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, before completing a Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Alberta. He is currently a Professor of Pediatrics and an Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Alberta. He received the King Charles III Coronation Medal for this work on lung health for preterm infants.
Dr. Schmölzer research focuses on understand physiological changes during fetal to neonatal transition to improve outcomes for newborns, improve approaches to neonatal, infant and pediatric resuscitation, and examine how physiological changes can be used to improve short- and long-term outcomes of newborns, infants, and children.
