APGAR Scores

ELEMENT	0	1	2
Appearance (skin color)	Core and extremities blue	Core pink and extremities blue	Core and extremities pink
Pulse Rate	Absent	Below 100/min	Above 100/min
Grimace (irritability)	No response	Grimace	Couch, sneeze, cry
Activity (muscle tone)	Limp	Some flexion of extremities	Active motion
Respiratory Effort	Absent	Slow and irregular	Adequate breathing

Work the Following Problems

1) Baby is not moving arms or legs. Has a wimpy fussy moan. Is pink on core and blue on arms. Pulse is 110. Breathing is irregular.

2) Baby looks to be in pain, pulse is 80, breathing is slow, minimal flexion of arms, arms are blue - core is pink.

3) Baby is kicking, pink core and arms, breathing is strong, crying, with heart rate of 80.

4) Baby has blue hands, heart rate of 130, weak cry, does not want to move knees but does a little, 50 for respiration.

5) No breathing, no pulse, no movement, blue throughout, no response.