The top of the uterus that is measured starting at 20 weeks gestation.
What is fundus?
A loss of pregnancy before 20 weeks.
What is miscarriage or spontaneous abortion?
This is done when performing CPR on a pregnant woman when the fetus is large enough to compress the vena cava.
What is displacing the fetus to the left?
When the top of the baby's head appears in the vaginal opening.
What is crowning?
Where to check a newborn's pulse.
What is the brachial artery?
False labor contractions.
What are Braxton-Hicks?
Where most ectopic pregnancies occur.
What are fallopian tubes?
The 2 most common causes of abruptio placentae.
What are hypertension and trauma?
The 1st step to reduce bleeding after delivery.
What is massage the fundus?
The preferred method of newborn chest compressions.
What is thumb encircling technique?
Blood volume increases up to this during pregnancy.
What is 50%?
When the placenta develops over the cervix.
What is placenta previa?
The cause of green staining in amniotic fluid.
What is meconium?
When the 3rd stage of labor ends.
What is delivery of the placenta?
When to start compressions on a neonate.
What is heart rate below 60?
A woman experiencing her 1st pregnancy is this.
What is primigravida?
When the placenta prematurely separates from the uterine wall.
What is abruptio placentae?
When the umbilical cord is wrapped around the baby's neck.
What is nuchal cord?
The beginning and end of the 2nd stage of labor.
What are the fetus entering the birth canal and delivery of the baby?
How long to wait before bagging an apneic newborn.
What is 30 seconds?
When the fetus descends into the mother's pelvis during the 3rd trimester.
What is lightening?
This event differentiates eclampsia from preeclampsia.
What is seizure?
This presentation should never be delivered in the field and requires a c-section.
What is limb presentation?
When to clamp the umbilical cord.
What is when pulsating in the cord stops?
The compression to ventilation ratio for performing CPR on a newborn.
What is 3:1?