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Why is the rule during delivery to suction the mouth first before the nose?
i was asked this
and was confused because i never thought about it, but i know from my peds reading that babies are obligate nose breathers (why they can still breathe during feeding
), so I didn't answer, but then my resident said it's cause babes are obligate mouth breathers, but i don't think that's true, so now i'm confused as to the actual reason.
my school library's website is down, so i can't look in the ob text online right this second, so i'm posting here in the hope that someone can help me out..
thanks

i was asked this

my school library's website is down, so i can't look in the ob text online right this second, so i'm posting here in the hope that someone can help me out..
thanks