ABSTRACT

This pocket-sized book, presented in an easy-to-follow format, is designed as a tool for students and professionals to carry in any setting, providing a quick reference guide to supporting women during labour. Used as a platform for wider reading, this text is an ideal reference point for any student or professional involved with the care of childbearing women.

 

chapter |6 pages

Anatomy

chapter |1 pages

APGAR scores

chapter |2 pages

Blood values

chapter |2 pages

Caesarean section (LSCS)

chapter |3 pages

Catheterisation

chapter |1 pages

Cord bloods

chapter |1 pages

Cord clamping

chapter |2 pages

CTG interpretation

chapter |2 pages

Diabetic women in labour

chapter |2 pages

External cephalic version (ECV)

chapter |6 pages

Emergencies

chapter |1 pages

Emergency birth

chapter |5 pages

Epidurals

chapter |1 pages

Episiotomy

chapter |1 pages

Examination of the placenta

chapter |1 pages

Fetal blood sampling

chapter |1 pages

Home birth preparation

chapter |2 pages

Initial baby check

chapter |2 pages

Instrumental birth

chapter |1 pages

Mechanism of normal labour (LOA)

chapter |1 pages

Obesity and labour

chapter |2 pages

Pain relief

chapter |2 pages

Perineal repair

chapter |1 pages

Positions for labour and birth

chapter |1 pages

Resuscitation equipment

chapter |1 pages

SBAR handover

chapter |1 pages

Signs of transition

chapter |1 pages

Stages and phases of labour

chapter |2 pages

Third-stage management

chapter |2 pages

Vaginal examination

chapter |2 pages

Vaginal birth after Caesarean (VBAC)

chapter |2 pages

Waterbirth