WHICH LEARNING CHOICES FOR NEONATAL RESUS CITATION TRAINING - ANALYSIS OF ANSWERS FROM 106 NEONATOLOGISTS

Background.-Improvement of the cure to the neonate relys on an increas ed number of pediatricians in nurseries and adequate neonatal resusici tation training.Methods.-A questionaire about the optimal modes of neo natal resusucitation training was sent to 132 pediatricians in charge of a neonatal unit or a neonatal intensive care unit. Response rate wa s 80.3%. Results.-The training program was targeted to be regional for the organization and for the evaluation. Nevertheless, 41% of answers also favored local evaluation. Duties in neonatal intensive care unit or transportation system, with differences among areas, were the prop osed training choices. The pediatrician was considered to be the first person as an instructor and also as a learner in a multidisciplinary training program. Cooperation between primary and tertiary centers phy sicians was proposed as the best way for training. Proposed criteria f or evaluating training efficacy included neonatal mortality and meconi um aspiration syndrome rates. Government funding was suggested in 92% of answers.Conclusion.-It seems necessary to perform a wide neonatal r esuscitation training program. This multidisciplinary approach should be regional and follow the guidelines of the neonatal study group.