Neonatal Treatments and Procedures

• Provide neonatal resuscitation at every delivery.
• Care of babies born to high-risk mothers.
• Care of low birth-weight babies.
• Care of sick newborn babies.
• Post-operative care.
• Newborn screening for hearing defects and inborn metabolism errors.
• Antenatal counselling.
• Neonatal surgery including urological and thoracic problems.
• Total body cooling.

A Range of Newborn Interventions

Neonatal procedures cover the range of treatments newborns may need in their first days or weeks, from routine monitoring to more involved interventions for babies born early or unwell. Newborn phototherapy is one of the most common treatments, used to manage jaundice by breaking down excess bilirubin using specific wavelengths of light. Each treatment is planned around a baby’s specific gestational age and current condition, rather than following one fixed protocol for every newborn.