Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns

Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns (ACoRN) is a Canadian resuscitation educational program which focuses on the first few hours of neonatal life. This differs from the NRP program which focuses on the first several minutes. It was developed in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Provinces/Territories implementing ACoRN

British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Ontario
Newfoundland and Labrador
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
The Northwest Territories

References

ACoRN Program

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Equipment	Bag valve mask (BVM) Chest tube Defibrillation (AED ICD) Electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) Intraosseous infusion (IO) Intravenous therapy (IV) Tracheal intubation Laryngeal tube Combitube Nasopharyngeal airway (NPA) Oropharyngeal airway (OPA) Pocket mask

Drugs	Atropine Amiodarone Epinephrine / Adrenaline Magnesium sulfate Sodium bicarbonate Naloxone

Organisations	International Federation for Emergency Medicine American College of Emergency Physicians Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Royal College of Emergency Medicine European Society of Emergency Medicine Asian Society for Emergency Medicine

Courses / Life support	Acute Care of at-Risk Newborns (ACoRN) Advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) Advanced trauma life support (ATLS) Basic life support (BLS) Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP) First aid Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Scoring systems	NACA score Injury Severity Score

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