This scale is for newborns and is scored at 1 min & 5 min.

Heart rate

• Absent- 0 points
• < 100- 1 point
• > 100- 2 points

Respiration effort

• Absent- 0 points
• Slow, irregular-1 point
• Strong cry- 2 points

Muscle Tone

• Flaccid- 0 points
• Some flex- 1 point
• Act. motion- 2 points

Irritability

• No response- 0 points
• Some- 1 point
• Vigorous- 2 points

Color

• Blue, pale- 0 points
• Body: pink, Extremities: blue- 1 point
• Fully pink

Infants with scores of 7-10 usually require supportive care only.
A score of 4-6 indicates moderate depression.
Infants with scores of 3 or less require aggressive resuscitation.