[Newborn resuscitation in the delivery room: evaluation of a regional training program conducted in 1990 in the Centre region].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the regional programme designed to train personnel for resuscitation of the neonate in the delivery room and organized in the district of Centre, France in 1990.


METHODS
Transversal study. SITE: The different maternities of the district.


METHODS
31 maternities, 156 persons in charge of neonates in the delivery room including medical personnel (doctors, mid-wives) and paramedics, with or without any special training in 1990.


METHODS
A single evaluator visited each maternity and met the personnel involved. The modalities of the evaluation were not given in advance and included a census of the personnel who had participated in the training programme and changes in material. The success of the training programme was evaluated on a theoretical and practical basis for the personnel and on the number of severe meconium aspirations observed.


RESULTS
The training programme had reached 53% of the personnel involved. It had a wide impact both in terms of changed material and in neonatal resuscitation rates compared with untrained personnel. The number of severe meconium aspirations fell from 3 in 1989 to 0 in 1990.
Service de Médecine Néonatale, Centre de Pédiatrie Gatien-de-Clocheville, CHU, Tours.
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D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003696:Delivery Rooms; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009359:Neonatology / Q000193:education*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D010564:Personnel, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education*
Réanimation du nouveau-né en salle de naissance: évaluation de l'action régionale de formation conduite en 1990 dans la région Centre.