Advanced Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant (ARNI)

The Advanced Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant (ARNI) course has been developed by the Resuscitation Council (UK) in collaboration with the baby charity ‘Bliss’. The ARNI Course provides a systematic approach to the rapid assessment and initial management of the newborn with worrying or life-threatening signs. It emphasises the importance of timely interventions and of human factors on improving outcomes and focusses on communication between professionals and with families.

 

The course is designed to support professionals by enhancing the expert skills required to approach newborn emergencies. The content focuses on support required for babies and their families when delivery occurs prematurely, babies born with congenital abnormalities such as surgical and cardiac problems and addresses models of care in dealing with life-threatening emergencies occurring in infants receiving care on a newborn care unit as well as unexpected post-natal collapse.

 

Topics covered on the course include: recognition of the seriously ill newborn, communication, human factors, airway skills, chest drain insertion, and a wide range of the more commonly encountered newborn emergencies.