Labor is Hard Work, Don't Make it Harder
This is the treatment of choice for any abnormal birthing presentation.
What is safe rapid transport?
This second line drug is used to treat eclamptic seizures.
What is valium?
Use of only a lap belt increases the likelihood of this injury.
What is uterine damage?
These are at least 4 of the antepartum risk factors for birthing complications.
What is polyhydramnios, PROM, Postterm, maternal extremes in age, HTN, and DM
This is the management of a newborn w/o adequate respiratory effort or a HR below 100.
What is PPV?
This condition is characterized by too much amniotic fluid.
What is polyhydramnios (aka hydramnios)?
This drug is given to counteract the effects ofa mag sulfate overdose.
What is calcium chloride?
Due to cardiovascular changes in pregnancy, this finding is much more difficult to interpret in the presence of trauma on a pregnant patient.
What is tachycardia?
This series of events after birth enable a newborn to breath as pulmonary vascular resistance drops.
What is fetal transition?
This is the best site to obtain an SPO2 in a newborn.
What is the (R) hand/wrist or (R) earlobe?
This is the management of a breech birth in which the body has delivered but the head has not delivered within 3 minutes.
What is placing a V over the baby's face to keep the vaginal wall off of the airway?
Administration of this drug requires cardiac monitoring due to the potential of QT prolongation.
What is ondansetron?
This procedure should be performed when doing CPR on a pregnant patient.
What is (L) uterine displacement?
These are 3 of the many possible causes od delayed fetal transition.
What is acidosis, hypothermia, sepsis, and hypoxia?
This is the compression to ventilation ration in newborn resuscitation.
What is 3:1?
The procedure should be done to manage a baby whose shoulder is stuck on the maternal pelvic bone after the head has delivered.
What is the McRobert's Maneuver?
This is the drug of choice in the prehospital setting for hyperemesis gravidarum.
What is diphenhydramine?
This physiological change in pregnancy increases the risk of abdominal organ injuries in checst trauma of the pregnant patient.
What is diaphragm elevation by 1.5 inches?
This finding is common in the first 2-3 weeks after birth, but its persistence beyond this time frame may suggest biliary obstruction or liver disease.
What is jaundice?
This is the targeted preductal SPO2 saturation 4 minutes after delivery.
What is 75-80%
This condition presents with painful contractions that suddenly slacken w/ a c/o a tearing sensation and is more common in women with previous c-sections.
What is uterine rupture?
Though often used in hospital to induce labor, this drug is used prehospital to manage postpartum hemorrhage.
What is oxytocin?
This condition is dramatically increased in the pregnant patient due to delayed gastric emptying and decreased gastric motility in the pregnant patient.
What is aspirtion?
This white cheesy material covers the newborn.
What is vernix?
This is the management of a newborn with adequate respiratory effort and a HR of 7 beats felt in 6 seconds.
What is PPV?