• About HCW
    • Our Story
    • Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Capacity Statement
    • Financials
    • News >
      • Latest News
      • Newsletters
      • News From the Field
      • Magazine
  • Child Rescue Centre
    • Sponsor A Child
    • CRC Senior Staff
    • Child Rescue Centre Transformation >
      • Resources
  • Mercy Hospital
    • Mercy Senior Staff
    • Mercy Resources
  • Partner Churches
    • Quarterly Partnership Meeting >
      • September 2018
      • June 2018
      • March 2018
  • Get Involved
    • Matching Gifts
    • Fundraise
    • Volunteer
    • Stay in Touch
    • Mission Trips >
      • Mission Resources
  • Events
    • Past Events >
      • 2018 HCW Gala
      • 2018 Golf Tournament
      • Go for Bo 2018
  • Give
  • Contact
Helping Children Worldwide
  • About HCW
    • Our Story
    • Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Capacity Statement
    • Financials
    • News >
      • Latest News
      • Newsletters
      • News From the Field
      • Magazine
  • Child Rescue Centre
    • Sponsor A Child
    • CRC Senior Staff
    • Child Rescue Centre Transformation >
      • Resources
  • Mercy Hospital
    • Mercy Senior Staff
    • Mercy Resources
  • Partner Churches
    • Quarterly Partnership Meeting >
      • September 2018
      • June 2018
      • March 2018
  • Get Involved
    • Matching Gifts
    • Fundraise
    • Volunteer
    • Stay in Touch
    • Mission Trips >
      • Mission Resources
  • Events
    • Past Events >
      • 2018 HCW Gala
      • 2018 Golf Tournament
      • Go for Bo 2018
  • Give
  • Contact

Latest news

Helping Babies Breathe training held at Mercy Hospital

1/23/2019

0 Comments

 
Saturday, January 12, five Mercy staff attended the "Helping Babies Breathe" training held in the Great Hall at the CRC.  The training, arranged by Carol Nelson of Rural Health Initiative was led by neonatologist Dr. Sulaiman Sannoh. Dr. Sannoh, a native of Bo, is currently working in New Jersey.

Helping Babies Breathe teaches the initial steps of neonatal resuscitation to be accomplished within the first few moments after birth.  The practice saves lives and gives a much better start to many babies who struggle to breathe at birth. The HBB curriculum was designed to specifically meet the needs of resource limited environments.  HBB neonatal resuscitation techniques that have been shown to reduce neonatal mortality by up to 47% and fresh stillbirths by 24%. ​​​

Mercy's lead midwife, Hawa Koroma, found the training highly effective.  "We were taught how to help babies breathe in case you deliver a baby that has a heartbeat, but is not breathing.  We were able to practice using a NeoNatalie newborn simulator, which was very much like a real newborn. Mercy was able to keep three of these simulators as well as a wide variety of face masks and supplies we did not have in the maternity unit.  Most of us had learned these techniques, but this was good practice, and we love having the new equipment."
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017

    Categories

    All
    CARES Radio
    Children's Voice
    Child Rescue Centre
    CRC Staff
    CRC Transformation
    Day Of The African Child
    Ebola
    Education
    Family Care Program
    Family Strengthening Program
    HIV/AIDS
    Leprosy
    Malaria
    Malnutrition
    Manguama
    Maternal Mortality
    Mercy Hospital
    Mercy Operating Suite
    Mercy Outreach
    Mercy Staff
    Microfinance
    Ministry Of Social Welfare
    Missionary Training Centre
    Mission Trips
    MTC
    Nutrition Program
    Partner Church
    Prenatal Care
    Project CURE
    Promise Scholar
    Pujehun
    Sierra Leone
    Sponsor A Child
    Tuberculoid Leprosy
    Tuberculosis
    UMVIM
    Village Outreach
    WASSCE
    Workshop
    World Pharmacy Day

    RSS Feed

Helping Children Worldwide is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization    |     703-793-9521    |    support@helpingchildrenworldwide.org    
©2019 Helping Children Worldwide
All donations in the United States are tax-deductible in full or part.    |    Donor and Privacy Policy
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
  • About HCW
    • Our Story
    • Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Capacity Statement
    • Financials
    • News >
      • Latest News
      • Newsletters
      • News From the Field
      • Magazine
  • Child Rescue Centre
    • Sponsor A Child
    • CRC Senior Staff
    • Child Rescue Centre Transformation >
      • Resources
  • Mercy Hospital
    • Mercy Senior Staff
    • Mercy Resources
  • Partner Churches
    • Quarterly Partnership Meeting >
      • September 2018
      • June 2018
      • March 2018
  • Get Involved
    • Matching Gifts
    • Fundraise
    • Volunteer
    • Stay in Touch
    • Mission Trips >
      • Mission Resources
  • Events
    • Past Events >
      • 2018 HCW Gala
      • 2018 Golf Tournament
      • Go for Bo 2018
  • Give
  • Contact