Class 5 labour and birth part 1 Flashcards
What are the 2 most important questions when someone comes into triage?
- do you have bleeding?
- is there fetal movement ?
What assessments do we do when someone comes into triage?
Height
Weight
Vitals
Leopolds
Vag exam if indicated (dilation)
Fetal heart rate (IA or EFM)
ROM: obvious or needs more tests?
HDP, GDM
When do we want someone to come to triage?
- Pain management
- bleeding
- contractions stronger and closer together q5 min for 1 hr.
- Membrane rupture ROM
- decreased fetal movement
- feeling unwell - like something isn’t right
What do we give every person after delivery to ensure there’s no postpartum hemorrhage?
oxytocin/syntocinon
What encompases stage 1?
start of true labour
to
complete dilation (10 cm) and effacement
Longest stage
includes latent/early phase & active phase.
What encompasses stage 2?
complete effacement & dilation
to
birth of baby
What emcompasses stage 3?
birth of newborn
to
placenta delivery
What encompases stage 4?
first 2 hours post placenta delivery
how much should someone dilate each hour?
1 cm per hour
what % of effacement is first stage, early/latent phase?
75% effaced
What % of effacement is first stage, active phase?
100% fully effaced
What are contractions like for someone in first stage, early/latent phase?
5-30 min apart
last 30-45 seconds
Irregular
Mild-moderate
What are contractions like for somone in first stage, active phase?
2-5 min apart
40-90 sec
regular
moderate-strong
What are the 5 P’s that can affect labour and birth?
- passageway
- Passenger (fetus)
- Powers
- Position (birther)
- Psychological
What are powers?
Primary powers: involuntary uterine contractions
Secondary Powers: bearing down efforts : pushing
What does passenger (fetus) mean?
presentation
position
station
lie
attitude
what does passageway mean?
birth canal
What fetal position is not ideal?
ROP
LOP
(sunnyside up - pressure on mom spine)
How often should the birther change positions?
q 20 min
What are the mechanisms of labour?
how the fetus adjusts during 1st and 2nd stage of labour
At what point do we determine we have dystocia?
> 4 hours with less than 0.5 cm per hour of cervical dilation during active labour
OR
> 1 hour pushing with no descent
What are the causes of dystocia?
hypotonic- poo poo contractions
ineffective pushing
passageway isn’t great
birther position isn’t helping
unhelpful psychological response
Issues with fetus position etc. size, cephalopelvic disproportion (head is too big)