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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794304403321

Autore

Edwards Alison <1966->

Titolo

Labour midwifery skills : survival guide / / Alison Edwards

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

0-429-42429-9

0-429-75456-6

0-429-75457-4

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 67 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Nursing & health survival guides

Disciplina

618.4

Soggetti

Labor (Obstetrics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Anatomy.  Apgar scores.  Birth environment -- promoting normality.  Caesarean Section (LSCS).  Catheterisation.  Cord bloods.  CTG interpretation.  Diabetic women in labour.  Degrees of Tears.  Deteriorating conditions.  Emergencies.  Emergency birth.  Epidurals.  Episiotomy.  Examination of the placenta.  Fetal blood sampling.  Home birth preparation.  Initial baby check.  Instrumental birth.  Mechanism of normal labour (LOA).  Monitoring maternal and fetal well-being in labour.  Obesity and labour.  Pain relief.  Perineal repair.  Positions for labour and birth.  Resuscitation equipment.  Signs of transition.  Stages and phases of labour.  Third stage management.  Vaginal assessments.  Vaginal birth after caesarean (trial of scar).  Waterbirth.  Stillbirth and neonatal death.

Sommario/riassunto

"This pocket-sized book, presented in an easy to follow format, is designed as tool for students and professionals to carry in any setting, providing a quick reference guide to supporting women during labour. Used as a platform for wider reading, this text is an ideal reference point for any student or professionals involved with the care of childbearing women"--