Hi Kathy,
My husband is a paramedic and is well versed in what to do after birth but it didn't come from his formal training unfortunately. Sounds like your trainer was on the ball.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
On 19/04/2013, at 12:50 PM, Katherine Koch wrote:

> night we were practicing field
> deliveries with a pretty realistic "Sim Mom" who pushed and screamed and
> produced a wet, slippery baby.  It was a female body with a male head, which
> was a little weird.  Of the eight paramedic students in the room, with five
> different birth scenarios, I was the only one who thought to put the baby to
> the breast.  Not a single other person did that, even with a hemorrhage.
> Fortunately, the instructor reminded everyone in the debrief that that was
> an important thing to consider.
> 
> 
> 
> Kathy
> 
> Retired LLLL/IBCLC

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