Concord Neonatal

A 'shock free' birth for every baby

Birth is a magical struggle

It is the pivotal moment when a baby transitions from relying on the natural support in the mother's womb into breathing and living on its own strength. These first minutes have a crucial impact on the rest of life.
This is when a new human being can win or lose.

1 in 10 babies has problems at birth. Around the world, this affects over 35.000 newborns every day. Most of these babies are born premature, some experience asphyxia or other problems. These babies need all the strength and support they can get.

Still, medical convention prescribes to clamp the cord soon after birth. Babies are taken away from their mothers in order to receive urgent care.
We have the opportunity to improve.

Quick facts:

Every year, an estimated 10 million babies do not breathe at birth.
Over 1.5 million children die each year due to birth complications.
Birth complications are the leading cause of death among children under 5 years of age.
Many survivors face a lifetime of disability, including learning disabilities, and visual and hearing problems.

Sources:
WHO fact sheet
Healthy Newborn Network

1 in 10 babies is in trouble at birth

Giving babies a 'shock free' birth flow

Scientific research shows that clamping the umbilical cord before a baby is breathing, causes a “shock” in the baby’s blood flow; a dangerous drop in cardiac output, increasing the risk of injury to its organs, especially the brains and intestines^3-5^. We are denying babies the oxygen-rich blood from the placenta that it needs so badly. As a result, we often need to repair, or even live with, the damage.

Scientists Prof. Arjan te Pas and Prof. Stuart Hooper, and a team from Leiden University Medical Center, developed a new way of thinking and working to give babies a “shock free birth”. This new approach, called physiological-based cord clamping, allows neonatal caregivers to provide lifesaving care with the umbilical cord intact for as long as needed. Close to mom, the baby gets maximum benefit from the blood from the placenta, up to the moment it is breathing on its own.
The baby decides.

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We call this the Concord Birth Flow

Key to the Concord Birth Flow^® is the Concord Birth Trolley^®, a new treatment platform with a patented slot for the umbilical cord, to keep the baby very close to its mother, even with a very short umbilical cord connected. Mom can see and touch her baby.
In the Concord Zone, caregivers collaborate to provide the best care for the baby and its mother.

Solution

The Concord Birth Flow has the potential to:

Reduce complications at birth, like sepsis, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) or necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)
Improve survival
Prevent long term disability
Reduce the cost of care

Source:
Rabe et al. 2012, W. Tarnow-Mordi, J et al. 2017, Fogarty et al AJOG 2017

Impacting the lives of babies and their families

We are Concord Neonatal^®

We exist to help babies, and their parents, to win in the first minutes of life outside the womb, by providing the products, processes and knowledge that give babies a “shock free” birth, starting with the Concord Birth Flow.
Birth can be improved. And we will do it, together with scientist, caregivers and parents around the world.
We invite everyone to collaborate with us to innovate for a “shock free” birth flow for every baby. Especially the ones that need it the most.
Birth can be improved. And we will do it.

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