Emergency Care: Labor, Delivery, and Neonatal
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3:1 compression-to-ventilation ratio.
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1 Clamping & cutting umbilical cord 2 Childbirth steps
3 Newborn compression rate 4 APGAR
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, Use sterile clamps, cut between them after 60
Clamping & cutting
seconds; place first clamp 6" from newborn, second
umbilical cord
2-4" further.
1st: Cervical dilation; 2nd: Delivery of infant; 3rd:
Stages of Labor
Delivery of placenta.
Respiratory rate for 20 to 60 breaths/minute.
newborn
Warm & dry after birth Prevent hypothermia, stimulate breathing.
Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respirations
APGAR
(score 0-2 per category).
Positioning pregnant Left lateral recumbent to avoid supine hypotensive
patients syndrome.
Prepare delivery field, prevent abrupt delivery, sterile
Safety during childbirth
technique.
Delivers within 30 minutes after baby; do not pull on
Placenta delivery
cord.
Loop of umbilical cord around neck; slip over head or
Nuchal cord
clamp/cut if needed.
Cord out before baby; insert hand to lift head off
Prolapsed cord cord, position mother knee-chest or Trendelenburg,
moist dressing.
Limb appears first; cannot deliver in field, rapid
Limb presentation
transport required.
Supine hypotensive Compression of inferior vena cava when supine in 3rd
syndrome trimester.
Observe crowning, support delivery, suction airway,
Childbirth steps
cut cord, deliver placenta, monitor hemorrhage.
Buttocks first; allow trunk to deliver, support airway
Breech presentation
with fingers in 'V'.
Cephalic presentation Head first; normal.