A Brief Biography of Dr Virgina Apgar, creator of the baby APGAR test

[jedishrfu]

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/virginia-apgar-the-woman-whose-name-saves-newborns

How important is Dr. Virginia Apgar to the modern practice of obstetrics? Here is the way the National Library of Medicine’s website puts it: “[E]very baby born in a modern hospital anywhere in the world is looked at first through the eyes of Dr. Virginia Apgar.”

Apgar created a quick and reliable way to determine the health of a newborn baby, an examination that is usually referred to today as a baby’s Apgar test. Before her test, invented in 1952, there was no objective way to determine the health of a newborn, and babies were given little medical attention immediately after birth. Problems often escaped notice until they became critical.

 

[BillTre]

Simple little things can often have big important effects.

 

[berkeman]

A cheat sheet helps if you don't use it every day like the L&D nurses do...

https://hiehelpcenter.org/apgar-scores/