Newborn resuscitation: the golden minute

Delivering a new life into the world is truly a unique and proud moment, not just for the EMS providers who may do only one in their careers, but also for the parents, who probably did not think their new baby would be born outside the hospital.Due to the infrequency of delivering a baby in the prehospital environment, and even more rarely having to perform a major resuscitation on a newborn, perseverance in reviewing and preparing for delivering the newborn who requires ventilation cannot be overlooked, downplayed or pushed to the back of the training calendar. All EMS providers, services and systems need to allocate time for review and improvement in the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to conduct a major resuscitation of a distressed newborn.