The baby in the picture is the first life that was saved through MKAIC, this was in 2010. Following a successful anaesthetic by Prof Irestedt from Karolinska, a baby boy was delivered by Caesarean Section. He was carried to the resuscitation table by the anaesthetic nurse.
The baby was blue and wasn’t breathing, and yet the nurse didn’t attempt resuscitation. Fortunately Prof Irestedt saw what was happening and put into practice the simple ABC rules that he had been teaching. Using equipment that had been brought from Karolinska that same day, he was able to inflate the baby’s lungs and re-oxygenate the blood. After 10 minutes the baby started breathing by himself and began crying soon after.
