Wednesday, 10 September 2008

Little arms and little legs

Yesterdays challenge was to keep my mind off B and to take a four limb blood pressure from a 2 week old baby. Not easy. Never done it before. Had to borrow the cuffs and machine from SCBU as ours were too big. Have you ever tried to uncurl a newborn baby's arms and legs ....IT IS HARD! Managed to get both calves and one arm but the other arm would not play. Baby was very patient but after a while had had enough so had to be consoled with mums milk. Success - one calm baby, a little floppier arm - 4th BP and Sats too! woo hoo.

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