Clinical Quiz 1 Flashcards
Cesarean Section
Surgical delivery
Quantitative blood loss
used to record blood loss post birth
Hemorrhage
Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is an obstetric emergency and the leading cause of maternal mortality. Bleeding is normal but too much is deadly
Fundus assessment
Measured from the top of the uterus to bottom; boggy or firm, centered or deviated
Lochia
Vaginal discharge after birth (rubra: 1st, red. serosa: 2nd, pinkish brown. alba: yellowish white)
Laceration
occur frequently in childbirth and can involve the perineum, labia, vagina and cervix (1-4 degree tears)
Episiotomy
a surgical cut made at the opening of the vagina during childbirth, to aid a difficult delivery and prevent rupture of tissues.
Urinary retention
Common postpartum
Kegel exercise
helps prevents incontinence
Sitz bath
Helps w/ perineal pain
REEDA scale
tool that assesses the inflammatory process and tissue healing in the perineal trauma. Made up of Redness, edema, eccymosis, drainage, approximation
Hand expression
Can relieve engorgement (by releasing some milk to soften your breasts) and help your baby to latch on more easily
LMP
last menstral period
EDC
expected day of conception
antepartum
time b4 labor
intrapartum
time during labor
gravida
how many total pregnancies
para
how many bbs delivered
term
pregnancies carried to term
Abortion
medically enduced or miscarries
effacement
thinning of uterus
labor: stage 1
cervical changes to 10 cm
labor: stage 2
full dilation to birth baby
labor: stage three
birth of baby and placenta
heat loss: convection
heat from body surface to cooler ambient air
heat loss: radiation
heat from body surface to a cooler, solid surface not indirect contact but in relative proximity
heat loss: evaporation
heat loss occurs when a liquid is converted to vapor; heat loss occurs when moisture from the skin is evaporated/vaporized
heat loss: conduction
heat loss from body to colder surface directly in contact
