NORMAL LABOR AND DELIVERY Flashcards
SCHULTZ MECHANISM
SHINY AND CLEAN
DUNCAN MECHANISM
DIRTY SIDE
RECORD THE:
TIME OF BABY AND PLACENTA OUT
a surgical incision made during childbirth to widen the vaginal opening and allow the baby to pass through:
EPISIOTOMY
is a surgical procedure that involves suturing to repair injuries to the vulva.
Episiorrhaphy
PARTURITION
ACTION/PROCESS OF GIVING BIRTH TO OFFSPRING
PARTURIENT
A WOMAN ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH, OR IN LABOR
GTPALM
GRAVIDA
TERM
PRETERM
ABORTION
LIVING
MULTIPARITY
no. of times the woman has been pregnant (this includes current pregnancy, miscarriages, abortions and twins/triplets count as one)
Gravidity
Number born (alive and stillborn) at least 37 weeks gestation)
Term births
number born (alive and stillborn) delivered before 37 weeks gestation.
Preterm births
number of lost a pregnancy (elective of spontaneous) before 20 weeks
Abortion
LIVE BIRTHS
LIVING CHILDREN
twins triplets
MULTIPARITY
POSITION
LITHOTOMY
2 TYPES OF EPISIOTOMY
MIDLINE AND MEDIOLATERAL
RMLE
RIGHT MEDIO-LATERAL EPISIOTOMY