Laerdal LGH NeoNatalie User Manual

NeoNatalie

Newborn Simulator

Directions for Use

NeoNatalie is a newborn baby resuscitation simulator which can simulate presence or
absence of essential vital signs such as crying, spontaneous breathing, palpable umbilical
pulse and heart sounds and allows practicing both standard care and resuscitation
of newborn babies. The simulator has the size and appearance of a newborn baby
and comes with relevant training accessories and a pouch suitable for storage and
transportation.

There is an urgent need to train millions of birth attendants in developing countries in effective
newborn resuscitation techniques in order to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goal
4 of reducing infant and child mortality by 2/3 from 1990 to 2015. Laerdal hopes to contribute
to such widespread training by providing the NeoNatalie Newborn Simulator and other
NeoNatalie products on a not-for-profit basis to developing countries.

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To make NeoNatalie ready for use

NeoNatalie comes deflated and folded. She can be used when filled with either water (A) or air (B). When
filled with water NeoNatalie has a normal body weight and the neck moves as is relevant for resuscitation.
If water temperature is around 36 ºC (98 º F), the simulator’s body temperature is also normal.

A. Fill with water, for extra realism

1. Pull out the filling
extension from under
the face skin. Open
the valve. Apply your
lips - or a bag-mask
ventilation device for
improved hygiene - to
the valve and inflate
until the body is
partially inflated. (This
will separate the foils
and allow easy filling
with water afterwards.)

2. Unscrew the filling
cap. Place NeoNatalie
across a chair or
similar to provide
support while filling
with approx. 2 litres
of water from a tap
or suitable container.
It may be practical
to use a circular mask
as a funnel. Return
filling cap.

3. To fill with more
water: Open the valve.
Fill NeoNatalie Suction

- or another suitable
irrigation device - with
water, and use this to
insert additional water
into NeoNatalie’s
body until the body
feels firm.

4. Close the valve.
Fold the filling
extension forward and
push it under the face
skin until it clicks into
the holder.

B. Or fill with air, for immediate readiness

Pull out filling extension from under the face skin. Open the air valve. Apply your lips - or a bag-valve
ventilation device for improved hygiene - to the open valve. Inflate air until the body feels firm. Close
valve. Bend the filling extension forward and push it under the face skin until it clicks into the holder.

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