Childbirth
Delivery is considered imminent when contractions are this many minutes apart or less
What is 2 minutes
If a newly delivered infant is not breathing, you should suction the airway and provide tactile stimulation by gently rubbing their back or flicking this specific body part
What are the soles of the feet
EMS is specifically instructed not to attempt a field delivery if a baby has an abnormal presentation or this specific type of presentation
Single limb presentation
This is used to rapidly assess a newborn to determine a need for intervention at 1 and 5 minutes
What is APGAR Score
Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration
This is the primary medication and dose administered for a pregnant patient experiencing pre-eclampsia or eclamptic seizures
What is 2g of Mag
A birth is considered peri-viable when delivery occurs between these gestational weeks
What is 20-26 Weeks
Following delivery, a normal, healthy newborn should begin breathing spontaneously within this specific time frame
What is 30-60 Seconds
While a port wine color indicates abruptio placenta, this color of amniotic fluid indicates the presence of meconium.
What is green
This heart rate is when CPR must be administered to a newborn
What is less than 60bpm
In a pregnant trauma patient who is past 20 weeks gestation, you must avoid this position to prevent supine hypotensive syndrome
What is the Trendelenburg position?
This is the two distances that should be clamped before a cord is cut
6 and 8 inches
EMS must immediately initiate the Neonatal Resuscitation SMO if a newborn's 1-minute or 5-minute APGAR score is at or below this number
What is the score of 6
While waiting for the placenta to deliver, EMS personnel should collect it in a bag for inspection, but are strictly instructed never to perform this action to facilitate the delivery
What is pull on the umbilical cord
When utilizing a neonatal BVM for a newly born infant who is apneic, gasping, or has a heart rate <100, you should ventilate on room air at this rate
40-60 bpm
This is the minimum SpO2 percentage that must be maintained in a pregnant trauma patient to ensure adequate fetal oxygenation
What is 94%
Although it should not be done while the ambulance is in motion, allowing the baby to perform this natural action can help increase the mother's uterine tone to manage postpartum bleeding
What is breastfeeding?
Following delivery, perform this action to the mother's abdomen until it is firm to help control postpartum bleeding
What is massage the fundus?
If the umbilical cord is wrapped around the baby's neck and cannot be gently lifted over the head, you must perform this action
Double clamp and cut the cord
If a newborn's heart rate is ≥ 100 but they are dusky with a respiratory rate greater than 40, you should deliver blow-by oxygen at 10 liters by holding a non-rebreather mask this specific distance from the infant's face
What is one inch
Because maternal blood volume increases by 40-50% during pregnancy, a mother may not show clinical signs of shock until she has lost at least this percentage of her blood volume
What is 30%
#of pregnancies and # of live births
This is the specific concentration and weight-based dosage of Dextrose administered to a hypoglycemic neonate
What is D10W at 0.5 g/kg (5 mL/kg)?
To minimize central nervous system stimulation in a patient with pre-eclampsia, EMS is explicitly instructed NOT to perform this specific neurological check
What is check the pupillary light reflex?
In addition to visually confirming chest expansion, you evaluate the adequacy of your positive pressure ventilations by monitoring for an increase in this vital sign
Heart rate
Name two of the four OB Complications the SMO lists as potential causes of bleeding in pregnancy
Miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, abruptio placenta, and placenta previa?