Intrapartum Midwifery Skills

ANATOMY                                                                                                                                                                                                   

APGAR SCORES                                                                                   

BIRTH ENVIRONMENT – PROMOTING PHYSIOLOGICAL BIRTH

BLOOD VALUES                                                                                   

CAESAREAN SECTION (LSCS)                                                           

CANNULATION                                                                                    

CATHETERISATION                                                                                                                                       

CORD BLOODS

CORD CLAMPING                                                                                

CTG INTERPRETATION                                                                      

DIABETIC WOMEN IN LABOUR                                                                                                                                                

EXTERNAL CEPHALIC VERSION (ECV)

EMERGENCIES                                                                                                                                                                        

EPIDURALS                                                                                                                                       

EPISIOTOMY                                                                                                                                                                                   

EXAMINATION OF THE PLACENTA                                                 

FETAL SCALP SIMULATION AND FETAL BLOOD SAMPLING                                                                                            

HOME BIRTH PREPARATION

INDUCTION OF LABOUR METHODS                                                                             

INITIAL BABY CHECK                                                                        

INSTRUMENTAL BIRTH/ ASSISTED VAGINAL BIRTH                                                                                                         

MECHANISM OF NORMAL LABOUR (LOA)                                     

MONITORING MATERNAL AND FETAL WELL-BEING IN LABOUR                                                                                                

OBESITY AND LABOUR                                                                      

PAIN RELIEF                                                                                                                                                                   

PERINEAL REPAIR                                                                              

POSITIONS FOR LABOUR AND BIRTH                                             

SBAR HANDOVER                                                                                                        

STAGES AND PHASES OF LABOUR

THIRD STAGE MANAGEMENT                                                                                                                                                       

VAGINAL EXAMINATION                                                                                                                          

VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CAESAREAN                                             

WATERBIRTH                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Biography

Alison Edwards is a Visiting Lecturer in Midwifery at Birmingham City University, UK.