Labour Midwifery Skills - Brossura

Edwards, Alison

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0273763369 ISBN 13: 9780273763369

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2012

Riassunto

Ideal for quick reference in any community or birth environment, this pocket-sized guide puts all the crucial information at your fingertips.

 

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Su questo libro

L'autore:

Alison Edwards lectures at BCUand  has worked in Nursing and Midwifery since 1985 having trained as a Registered nurse first. She worked in gynaecology prior to commencing Midwifery training and remained in full time practice until 2004  when transferring into lecturing. She has worked in antenatal and postnatal ward areas, set up and run a fetal medicine / pregnancy day assessment unit and regularly coordinated delivery suites in a variety of units in the Midlands.

Contenuti:

Anatomy
Apgar scores
Birth environment – promoting normality
Caesarean Section (LSCS) 
Catheterisation
Cord bloods
CTG interpretation
Diabetic women in labour
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
Abbreviations
References

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0273763369
• ISBN 13: 9780273763369
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 62