New born baby with parents and the hospital midwife who helped with the birth. The infant has had a clamp placed on his umbilical cord. The midwife is performing the apgar score on the infant. This is the evaluation of an infant's physical condition, usually performed one minute and again five minutes after birth, based on a rating of five factors that reflect the infant's ability to adjust to extrauterine life. These are heart rate, respratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability and... more »
