When our baby was born the nurseor midwife, put a timer to ring first to the minute and after five minutes, andthat is where he conducted the first tests called the Apgar scale.
This scale helps the physician toevaluate general condition, which was our little boy at birth she evaluated theheart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes and color of the baby. this scalecan not predict how healthy or will be developed, nor brilliant, nor hispersonality, but is intended to alert medical personnel if you are sleepy orreactions are slower than usual or if you need some special care to suit thenew world that has been just outside the womb of his mother.
Each of the features is scoredindividually and then add up the partial scores for a total score. Example:
If a baby has a heart rate of 100beats per minute, cry vigorously, move with great activity, grimace, cough, inresponse to a nasal catheter but will have a bluish Apgar score of 8. Mostbabies obtain birth Apgar score between 8 and 10. Since the hands and feet ofmany newborns remain blue until their body temperature increases are very fewreap Apgar score of 10.
If a newborn child gets an Apgarscore of 5 to 7 minute of birth you may have had some problems during delivery,which reduced the oxygen supply, in which case the doctor and nurses, drythoroughly with a towel or cloth while oxygen is supplied through the nose. Thebaby should begin to breathe deeply to increase oxygen intake, so that thesecond review of Apgar score five minutes later the birth will score between 8and 10.
A small percentage of newbornsreceive a score lower than 5 in the Apgar scale and are usually those who areborn premature or born by emergency Caesarean section and are more likely toget low scores, that newborns delivered vaginally without complications .
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