With changes in the practice of neonatal medicine, health care reform, and an emphasis on greater ambulatory experience in pediatric resident training programs, the procedural skill levels of graduating residents has diminished substantially. Even after three years of residency, trainees are often quite uncomfortable completing procedures in a timely and effective manner. One of the important skills taught in pediatric residency is intubation of the newborn infant. This skill is vital to the practicing physician who cares for infants from the time of birth on.

The Regional Perinatal Program and the University of Washington Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal and Respiratory Diseases offers individual and group resuscitation skills laboratory sessions. In addition to intubation practice, these sessions may also include chest tube placement, umbilical vessel and intraosseous line placement, and newborn chest radiograph interpretation.

For further information:
Dennis E. Mayock, M.D. EMAIL
Associate Professor, Division of Neonatal and Respiratory Diseases
Department of Pediatrics, Box 356320
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195-6320
Voice mail: 206-543-5257
Fax: 206-543-8926