Booking Visit Flashcards
Where should care be provided?
MOU
What is antenatal care?
X5
Early accurate estimation of GESTATIONAL AGE
Identification of the AT RISK PATIENT
Ongoing evaluation of HEALTH STATUS or both mother and fetus
OPPORTUNISTIC SCREENING and interventions to prevent or minimize morbidity
PATIENT EDUCATION and communication
Why midwife care?
X3
Lots of benefits
Low adverse outcomes
Cost effective
How many ANC visits?
Uncomplicated nulliparous
10 appointments
How many visits?
Multiparous uncomplicated pregnancy
7 appointments
Frequency of appointments until 28 weeks
Every 4-5 weeks
Frequency of appointments between 28 and 36 weeks
Every 2-3 weeks
Frequency of appointments from 36 weeks until delivery
Every week
Frequency of appointments throughout pregnancy
Till 28 weeks
28-36
36-delivery
Every 4-5 weeks
Every 2-3 weeks
Every week
What do you do at the booking visit?
X5
EDD/GA Physical exam + history Bloods (Rh, RPR, RVD, Hb) Education Plan for next visit
Current Obs history
X4
Menstrual history
LMP - sure/unsure
Contraception - currently, last used
Complaints
Gestational age
Rules with dates and ultrasound?
When you have an ultrasound EDD
Trimester 1: within 7 days accept dates as correct
Trimester 2: within 14 days accept dates
EDD when you have no ultrasound or unsure dates?
Booking palpation - plot on 50th centile then calculate EDD
Physical exam at booking
X5
CVS BP and Dipstix Thyroid Breast Weight and height
Booking bloods
X4
Rh
Syphilis
HIV
Hb