Midwifery Emergencies at a Glance

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

About the companion website

Part 1 Professional issues

Section 1 Professionalism

1 Professional standards

2 Communications during an emergency

Part 2 Emergency skills

Section 2 Resuscitation

3 Maternal resuscitation

4 Neonatal resuscitation

Section 3 Haemorrhage

5 Antepartum haemorrhage

6 Primary postpartum haemorrhage

7 Secondary postpartum haemorrhage

Section 4 Malpresentations and multiple pregnancy

8 Occipito posterior positions

9 Face and brow presentations

10 Breech presentations

11 Cord presentation and prolapse

12 Twins

Section 5 Dystocia

13 Shoulder dystocia

14 Uterine dystocia – failure to progress

Section 6 Placental separation problems

15 Manual removal of the placenta

16 Adhered or partially adhered placenta

Section 7 Uterine emergencies

17 Uterine inversion

18 Uterine rupture and scar dehiscence

Part 3 Medical and psychological emergencies

Section 8 Psychological disorders

19 Post-traumatic stress disorder

20 Postnatal depression (mood disorder)

21 Puerperal (postpartum) psychosis

Section 9 Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

22 Pre-eclampsia

23 Eclampsia

Section 10 Embolic and coagulation disorders

24 Venous thromboembolism

25 Amniotic fluid embolism

26 Disseminated intravascular coagulation

Section 11 Preterm labour

27 Prelabour rupture of membranes

28 Preterm labour and delivery

Part 4 Associated skills

Section 12 Instrumental and Operative deliveries

29 Instrumental vaginal delivery

30 Preparation and transfer to the operating theatre

31 Role of the scrub midwife or nurse

32 Receiving the baby in the operating theatre

33 Immediate care following surgery

Section 13 Fetal surveillance

34 Electronic fetal monitoring – actions following a suspicious or pathological trace

35 Fetal scalp electrode

36 Fetal blood sampling

Section 14 Maternal monitoring

37 Recognising the deteriorating woman

38 Examination per vaginam

39 Speculum examination

40 Urinary catheterisation

Section 15 Venous skills

41 Venepuncture

42 Intravenous cannulation

43 Blood transfusion therapy

Section 16 Augmentation

44 Artificial rupture of membranes

45 Oxytocic augmentation

Section 17 Perineal Trauma

46 Third- and fourth-degree tears

47 Perineal suturing

Section 18 Infection awareness

48 Maternal sepsis

49 Source isolation nursing

50 Group B streptococcus

51 Infection control

Part 5 Self-assessment

Section 19 Revision and self-assessment

Multiple choice questions

Multiple choice answers

References

Index

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