Apgar scoring looks at factors such as:
a. heart rate, respiration, warmth, muscle tone andblood pressure
b. heart rate, blood pressure, warmth, muscle toneand response to stimulation.
c. heart rate, respiration, colour, muscle tone andirritability.
d. heart rate, blood pressure, colour, muscle tone and
response to stimulation.
c
The Apgar score looks at a heart rate over 100 (2 marks),
established respiration (2 marks), colour being pink all over
(2 marks), good muscle tone (2 marks) and irritability such
as crying and grimacing (2 marks), which should give a total
score of 10.
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