Sep 3 Flashcards
Post partum: 3 things to check for
Fundus
Lochia
Extremity check
Post partum checks: Fundus height
should be the same as the post partum day
caput succedaneum vs cephalohematoma
caput succedaneum = C.S. = crosses sutures
OB meds: Tocolytics used to
slow contractions
OB meds: Tocolytic examples
terbutaline, magnesium sulfate
OB meds: Tocolytic: terbutaline causes
maternal tachy
OB meds: Tocolytic: magnesium sulfate causes
hypermagnesia (which makes everything go down)
If reflexes go below 1 or RR below 12, stop the infusion
OB meds: Oxytoxics are used to
stimulate contractions
OB meds: Methergine is used to
stimulate contractions (its an oxytoxic)
OB meds: Drugs for increasing fetal lung maturity
Betamethasone
Surfactant
OB meds: Betamethasone, 3 implications
Given to mom
Give IM
Give before delivery
(opposite Surfactant)
OB meds: Surfactant, 3 implications
Give to baby
Give transtracheal
Give after birth
(opposite Betamethasone)
Humulin 70 - 30
A mix of N and R
Needle size question: IM injection
pick the answer where both numbers have a 1
think I from IM looks like a 1
Needle size question: SQ injection
Think that the S in SQ looks like a 5. Pick answers that both have a 5
The only anti psyc you can give to a pregnant patient
Haloperidol
Heparin vs Warfarin: Works immediately
Heparin
Heparin vs Warfarin: Only given 3 weeks tops
Heparin (except lovenox)