RLE FINALS Flashcards
is the actual handling of the delivery of the fetus
Handling Delivery
handling the instruments to the one handling the delivery
Assisting Delivery
a surgical incision of the perineum made to prevent tearing of the perineum with birth and to release pressure of the fetal head during delivery.
Episiotomy
repair tear of the episiotomy with the use of sutures.
Episiorraphy
refers to the tearing of the vulvar, vagina and sometimes rectal tissue during birth.
Laceration
A method of expressing the placenta in which body uterus is vigorously squeezed in order to produce placental separation
Crede’s Maneuver
a method of expressing the placenta by grasping the umbilical cord with one hand and placing the other hand on the abdomen, application of the traction on the cord by moving the forcep up, down, left, right.
Brandt- Andrews Maneuver
Shiny (fetal side)- a mechanism or technique for the delivery with the fetal rather than the maternal side surface presenting the shiny and glistening side of the fetal membrane
Schultze’s mechanism
dirty or rough (maternal side)- a mechanism or technique for delivery with the maternal rather than the fetal side surface presenting the dirty or rough side.
Duncan mechanism-
- occurs when the widest part of the fetal head has passed below the maternal pelvic inlet.Essentially, the baby’s head has officially entered its mother’s pelvis.
ENGAGEMENT
- downward movement of the biparietal diameter of the fetal head to within the pelvic inlet.
DESCENT
- fetal presenting part is not engaged in pelvic inlet
Floating
- fetal presenting part has entered pelvis
Fixed
- presenting part has reached level of ischial spines
Station 0
- presenting part is 1,2,3 above the level of ischial spines
Stations -1,-2,-3