Exit plan! Hearing, Car seats, and Hospital Discharge

This episode continues to follow a newborn in the hospital as she gets ready for discharge. We discuss the newborn hearing screen, car seat safety, and care of a newborn after discharge. I will go into uncommon depth on common topics to explain the ordinary in a new way!#drsultz, #newmom, #newborncare, #educatemeResources:Transcript from presentation by Christine Yoshinaga-Itano about development of successful newborn hearing screening program in Colorado and US. https://tlr-hub.asha.org/cred/universal-newborn-hearing-screening-the-evolution-of-a-public-health-revolution/Information about Texas law for newborn hearing screening. https://www.dshs.texas.gov/texas-early-hearing-detection-intervention-tehdiExplanation of current newborn hearing screening testing. Table 1 has top 10 risk factors for hearing loss. https://www.nature.com/articles/pr2016250The history of car seats:https://www.chiccousa.com/baby-talk/the-history-of-car-seats/?srsltid=AfmBOopQtROnrGUmeJymRar6Qib5BIjukEaCHepxundGL7k07Nd4UYWZTexas law about child safety seats – Sec. 545.412 - https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm#545.412NHTSA instructions on car seat safety and where to get your seat installation checked - https://www.nhtsa.gov/vehicle-safety/car-seats-and-booster-seats#installation-help-inspectionhttps://www.chiccousa.com/baby-talk/newborn-car-seat-position/?srsltid=AfmBOoqKxNDG5kt3HLtAvLKTeDZfwKlMo9Qof_maPRBYOzxyhyH9wxPJAAFP article about newborn exam and criteria for discharge. https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2014/0901/p289.htmlDischarge instruction handout from UCLA. https://www.uclahealth.org/sites/default/files/documents/NewbornGeneralInstructions.pdfRate of seizures in newborns https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2599/