Vocab
Newborn
Process of Labor
Fetal Assessment
Complications
Medications
100

Amniotomy

AROM - artificial rupture of membranes

100

test to determine gestational age

Ballard Score

100

True or False - Pain can slow the process of labor

TRUE

100

Normal baseline

110-160 bpm

100

Elevated BP, blurred vision, facial edema

Preeclampsia

100

For PPH this med is contraindicated with history of asthma

Carboprost tromethamine

200

VBAC

Vaginal birth after cesarean

200

deformity on the scalp that crosses suture lines

caput succedaneum 

200

What are the 5 Ps

Power, Passage, Passenger, Position, Psyche

200

200

Turtle sign 

Shoulder dystocia

200

Given for cervical ripening - Contraindicated in pregnant patients with previous cesarean delivery

misoprostol

300

Finnegan Scale

Neonatal abstinence scoring tool

300

irregular respirations

periodic breathing (normal)

300

Which mechanism causes the fetal head to be "born"

Extension

300

What is contraction frequency and how is it reported?

The time from the start of one ctx to the start of the next ctx.  Reported in minutes.  (example, 2-4 minutes)

300

Loss of station

Uterine rupture

300

Given endotracheal 

Beractant (Surfactant)

400

Tachysystole

Too many contractions, too close together

400

Define SGA / LGA 

<= 10%

>= 90%


400

What does this mean?

7/90/+2

7 cm dilated

90% effaced

+2 station

400

Deceleration that mirrors the contraction

Early

Benign finding - Head compression

400

first action in suspected PPH

Fundal massage

400

Reduces the risk of neonatal hemorrhage 

Phytonadione (Vitamin K)

500

Infection in the peripartum period 

Purpureal infection

500

purpose of skin-to-skin contact

thermoregulation, flora, bonding, breastfeeding

500

What is this?

External rotation

500

What is this?  What is it for?

intrauterine pressure catheter

Internal monitoring of ctx / amnioinfusion

500

Apply pressure to the fetal head in this complication

cord prolapse 

500

Opioid with lower risk of respiratory depression for the opioid naïve 

Butorphanol Tartrate

600

Bleeding condition the usually follows amniotic fluid embolus

Disseminated intervascular coagulation (DIC)

600

Can hypothermia cause hypoxia? hypoglycemia? jaundice?

YES! No shivering, burns brown fat (fatty acids cause jaundice)

600

Which stage is the highest risk of uterine inversion?

Stage 3

600

Best indicator of fetal wellbeing in electronic fetal monitoring

Variability 

600
Treated with a blood patch

spinal headache from spinal/epidural

600

mechanism of action for tranexamic acid

prevents clot breakdown

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