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Concord Neonatal is a proud supporter of the Bloodtobaby campaign from Hannah Tizard. Her website BloodtoBaby.com is dedicated to ‘physiological transition of the newborn with optimal cord clamping’ and features a full page on Intact Cord Resuscitation (https://www.bloodtobaby.com/resuscitation-with-intact-cord) Our CEO, Rianne Rotink, shares her latest personal insights and knowledge about stabilization with intact cord and physiological based cord clamping, in blogposts featured on Bloodtobaby.com. In her latest blogpost she shares new considerations of thought around the mechanism of placental transfusion and spontaneous breathing and introduces some of the very …

Do you want learn from your peers why and how they have implemented the Concord Birth Flow and how they are performing 1,5 years after implementation? Join our Concord Talk on November 2, by Dr. Nina Höller, Prof. Berndt Urlesberger and the neonatology team from the University Hospital Graz. Stabilizing the baby with an intact cord is a hot topic. More and more hospitals are starting to understand the potential benefits and are considering next steps. Now, with over 20 hospitals already performing the Concord Birth Flow, it’s the right time to hear from those pioneers about their experience, to help others implement it in clinical practice. In our next Concord T…

Are you attending the 4th jENS Congress online? Then we hope to see you in Monivent booth for a demo session of Monivent® Neo100. Neo100 is based on clinical needs and developed for healthcare providers working in delivery rooms or neonatal intensive care units. This unique monitoring device is an add-on to existing manual ventilation equipment, wirelessly measuring several critical parameters including tidal volume. The system offers instant feedback and color-coded guidance during manual ventilation of neonates. Welcome to our booth at jENS or visit our website for more information:www.monivent.se

On June 4th, 2021, Loet was born at Maxima Medical Centre in Veldhoven, The Netherlands, at 27 weeks and 2 days gestational age. Loet was supported on the Concord Birth Trolley immediately after birth, as part of the ABC3 study. The parents of Loet, Sten en Kim, are happy to share their experience: "We were able to see everything that was happening with our own eyes because Concord was literally next to our delivery bed. It was nice for us, as brand new parents, to be able to see exactly what was happening. It was also possible to put our hands on our baby to support him. We have felt very involved in the whole process and are very grateful for the participation in …

Do you want to know how to support and stabilize a newborn with an intact cord? Concord Neonatal is now organizing Concord Masterclass, where we demonstrate in a real life hospital setting, how delaying clamping of the umbilical cord can go hand in hand with supporting and stabilizing newborns immediately after birth, in a safe and effective way for mother and baby. Concord Masterclass is now going to tour. Several Masterclasses will be held in hospitals across Europe during the next months. For everyone who is interested to discover how to stabilize newborns with an intact cord, we offer the possibility to attend remotely. https://concordneonatal.com/news-an…

Join Monivent webinars on June 18 and listen to presentations related to topics in Delivery Room Management held by Professor Georg Schmölzer, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada and Dr Michael Wagner, University Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria. ✅ Webinar session #1 "Respiratory monitoring in the NICU and during training" presented by Dr Michael Wagner. Date and Time: Friday, June 18th at 09:30-09:50 CET ✅ Webinar session #2 "Respiratory Management in the Delivery Room" presented by Professor Georg Schmölzer. Date and Time: Friday, June 18th at 13:15-13:35 CET Read more about the meeting and register here: https://bit.ly/3yQRs4n

More and more studies on the procedure of intact cord resuscitation and physiological-based cord clamping emerge. In this Talk, Dr. Ola Andersson will discuss whether we are sure enough of the positive effects to start implementing the procedure, or if, and what more could be needed. @olamedmac June 8th at 3:00 pm CEST. Register via: https://concordneonatal.com/concord-talk/

Do you want to have answers to important concerns obstetricians may have regarding intact cord stabilization? Join our Concord Talk on May 3 (@ 3pm CET), with Dr. Philip DeKoninck. Does delaying cord clamping up to 10 minutes affect maternal blood loss? Is there an increased risk of infection? Does the neonatal team obstruct the working field of obstetrics and possibly compromise care for the mother? All examples of important concerns that obstetric caregivers may have when considering to implement Physiological-Based Cord Clamping. In our next Concord Talk, Dr. Philip DeKoninck, gynecologist at Erasmus MC Rotterdam, will evaluate Physiological-Based Cord Clampi…

Do you want to know how to stabilize newborns with an intact umbilical cord? Join our Concord Talk on April 6, with Ronny Knol, neonatologist at Erasmus Medical Center. As a special guest, Bram Dees, will share his experience as a parent of his daughter Lara, who was supported on the Concord Birth Trolley. The new ERC guidelines 2021 are now acknowledging the importance cord clamping. Compared to the 2015 guidelines, ERC NLS 2021 recommends that cord clamping should ideally take place after the lungs are aerated. Where adequate thermal care and initial resuscitation interventions can be safely undertaken with the cord intact, it may be possible to delay clamping whil…

University Hospital Dresden is pioneer in the care of extremely immature preterm infants. Innovative birth trolley enables care of preterm newborns close to mom. For the first time in Germany, a multidisciplinary team stabilized a preterm baby with an intact umbilical cord, with the Concord Birth Trolley. University Hospital Dresden is the first hospital in Germany to stabilize preterm babies with an intact umbilical cord on the Concord Birth Trolley. At the Center for feto/neonatal Health at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, a preterm baby has been supported on a new type of birth trolley for the very first time. Throughout Germany …