Procedural Positions

Question 0

Woman in labor with un-reassuring FHR

Answer 0

S&s: late decks, decreased variability, fetal bradycardia

Position: turn to LEFT side

Give O2, stop pitocin, increase IV fluids

Question 1

Air/pulmonary embolism

Answer 1

S&s: chest pain, difficulty breathing, tachycardia, pale/cyan optic, sense of impending doom.

Position to LEFT side and LOWER the head