Values
What is the normal fetal heart rate baseline?
110-160 bpm
What is the cause of a late deceleration?
Placental insufficiency
What is the intervention for an acceleration?
Nothing!
How many seconds is 1 box on a fetal heart rate tracing?
10 seconds
0 beat change
What type of deceleration is "V" shaped
What is the intervention for a variable deceleration?
Maternal reposition
What is the name of the contraction monitor?
Toco
What are the values for normal (moderate) variability?
6-25 beat change from baseline
True or False: Are early decelerations are bad?
False
What is the intervention for an early deceleration?
Check cervix
What is the name of the monitor that detects fetal heart rate?
Ultrasound
Greater than 25 beats from baseline
What is the cause of a variable deceleration?
Cord compression
True
Bonus question!! True or False: If you are tracing twins, how many ultrasound transducers do you need?
2! one for each baby
What is the value for fetal bradycardia?
What type of deceleration starts and ends with the contraction?
Early
True or False: Can maternal reposition help increase maternal blood flow?
True
What is the minimum amount of accelerations you want over the course of 20 minutes?
2