TEXTBOOK OF
Neonatal
Resuscitation
7th Edition
®
,Textbook of Neonatal
Resuscitation, 7th Edition
Editor
Gary M. Weiner, MD, FAAP
Associate Editor
Jeanette Zaichkin, RN, MN, NNP-BC
Editor Emeritus
John Kattwinkel, MD, FAAP
Assistant Editors Educational Design Editor
Anne Ades, MD, FAAP Jerry Short, PhD
Christopher Colby, MD, FAAP
Eric C. Eichenwald, MD, FAAP Managing Editors
Kimberly D. Ernst, MD, MSMI, FAAP Rachel Poulin, MPH
Marilyn Escobedo, MD, FAAP Wendy Marie Simon, MA, CAE
John Gallagher, MPH, RRT-NPS
Based on original text by
Louis P. Halamek, MD, FAAP
Ronald S. Bloom, MD, FAAP
Jessica Illuzzi, MD, MS, FACOG
Catherine Cropley, RN, MN
Vishal Kapadia, MD, MSCS, FAAP
Henry C. Lee, MD, FAAP Textbook of Neonatal
Linda McCarney, MSN, APRN, Resuscitation, 7th Edition,
NNP-BC eSim Cases:
Patrick McNamara, MB, FRCPC Anne Ades, MD, FAAP
Jeffrey M. Perlman, MB, ChB, FAAP Kimberly D. Ernst, MD, MSMI, FAAP
Steven Ringer, MD, PhD, FAAP Jeanette Zaichkin, RN, MN, NNP-BC
Marya L. Strand, MD, MS, FAAP
Myra H. Wyckoff, MD, FAAP
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, Acknowledgments
NRP Steering Committee Members
Myra H. Wyckoff, MD, FAAP, Co-chair 2011-2015 Erich C. Eichenwald, MD, FAAP
Steven Ringer, MD, PhD, FAAP, Co-chair 2013-2015 Kimberly D. Ernst, MD, MSMI, FAAP
Marilyn Escobedo, MD, FAAP, Co-chair 2015-2017 Vishal Kapadia, MD, FAAP
Anne Ades, MD, FAAP Henry C. Lee, MD, FAAP
Christopher Colby, MD, FAAP Marya L. Strand, MD, MS, FAAP
Liaison Representatives
Eric C. Eichenwald, MD, FAAP Linda McCarney, MSN, APRN, NNP-BC
AAP Committee on Fetus and Newborn National Association of Neonatal Nurses
John Gallagher, MPH, RRT-NPS Patrick McNamara, MB, FRCPC
American Association for Respiratory Care Canadian Paediatric Society
Jessica Illuzzi, MD, MS, FACOG
American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists
Associated Education Materials for the Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation, 7th Edition
Instructor Toolkit, Jeanette Zaichkin, RN, MN, NRP Key Behavioral Skills Poster, Louis P. Halamek,
NNP-BC, Editor MD, FAAP, Editor
Instructor Course, Jeanette Zaichkin, RN, MN, NRP Equipment Poster, Jeanette Zaichkin, RN, MN,
NNP-BC, Editor; Vishal Kapadia, MD, MSCS, FAAP; NNP-BC, Editor
Henry C. Lee, MD, FAAP; Taylor Sawyer, DO, MEd, NRP App, Steven Ringer, MD, PhD, FAAP and
FAAP; and Nicole K. Yamada, MD, FAAP, Marya L. Strand, MD, MS, FAAP, Editors
Contributors
Neonatal Resuscitation Scenarios, Jeanette Zaichkin,
NRP Online Examination for Instructors, Jeanetet RN, MN, NNP-BC, Editor; Myra H. Wyckoff, MD,
Zaichkin, RN, MN, NNP-BC FAAP; Vishal Kapadia, MD, MSCS, FAAP; Marya L.
NRP Online Examination for Providers, Steven Ringer, Strand, MD, MS, FAAP, Contributors
MD, PhD, FAAP, and Jerry Short, PhD, Editors
NRP Reference Chart, Code Cart Cards, and Pocket
Cards, Vishal Kapadia, MD, MSCS, FAAP, Editor
The committee would like to express thanks to the following reviewers and contributors
to this textbook:
American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Fetus Jeffrey M. Perlman, MB, ChB, FAAP,
and Newborn Co-chairJonathan Wylie, MD, Co-chair
American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Bioethics
International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation,
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