Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives 1판

PART 1 THE MIDWIFE'S ROLE

Record keeping

Communication skills

Drug calculations and administration

Using SI units
Formulae for dosage calculations
PART 2 UNCOMPLICATED PREGNANCY AND BIRTH

Antenatal care

The start of care and arranging appointments

Infections

Antenatal examination

Problems associated with pregnancy

Plan for birth

Intrapartum

Visual aids for labour and birthing positions

Spontaneous onset of labour

Care in labour

Vaginal examination

Coping strategies for labour

Complementary therapies

Second stage of labour: the birth

Breech birth

Fetal monitoring

Intermittent auscultation (IA)

Continuous electronic fetal monitoring (CEFM)

The third stage of labour

Examination of the placenta

PART 3 AFTER THE BIRTH

Post birth: mother and baby

The neonatal heat triangle
The puerperium or postnatal period

The first 24 hours after birth
The first 2-7 days
From day 8 to 6-8 weeks
Infant feeding

Initiation of breastfeeding

Continued successful breastfeeding
Perinatal mental health

The universal antenatal screening pathway
PART 4 COMPLICATIONS IN PREGNANCY

Hypertensive disorders

Eclampsia

Management of eclampsia
Maternal collapse

Diabetes

Pharmacological methods of pain relief in labour

PART 5 BIRTH EMERGENCIES

Complex intrapartum care

Malpresentations and malpositions
Delay in the first stage of labour
Induction of labour

Prostaglandins
Preterm rupture of membranes
Prelabour rupture of membranes at term
Instrumental delivery and caesarean section
Cord prolapse

Shoulder dystocia

Management of post-partum haemorrhage

Episiotomy and perineal suturing

How to perform an episiotomy
Perineal suturing
Female genital mutilation

Recognition of the seriously ill woman

The Maternity Early Obstetric Warning Score (MEOWS) chart
Maternal and neonatal sepsis
Acute fatty liver in pregnancy
Obstetric cholestasis
Neonatal resuscitation

Neonatal jaundice

Fetal physiology in relation to jaundice
Clinical signs of jaundice
Jaundice management
APPENDICES

Appendix 1 Commonly used abbreviations

Appendix 2 Normal bood measurements

Appendix 3 Useful websites

References