Pocket Guide for Student Midwives

Stella McKay-Moffat is Senior Lecturer in Midwifery and Women’s Health, Edge Hill University, UK. Pam Lee is Associate Lecturer in Midwifery and Women’s Health, Edge Hill University, UK.

• About the Authors xiiiPreface xivAcknowledgements xviSection 1 The language of midwifery 1Section 2 Quick reference topics 27Abdominal palpation 27Active management of labour 28Administration of drugs 29Admission in labour 32Adoption 33Amniocentesis 36Amniotic Fluid Embolus (AFE) 37Anaemia 39Antenatal screening 40Antepartum haemorrhage 42Arterial blood pressure recording 45Artificial feeds – bottle feeding 46Artificial rupture of membranes (ARM) 47Aseptic technique 48Augmentation/acceleration of labour 49Basic life support (BLS) – adult 52Birth asphyxia 53Bladder care in labour 55Blood glucose monitoring (neonatal) 55Blood pressure measuring 55Bowel care in labour 56Breast expression of milk 57Breastfeeding 58Breastfeeding Initiative (BFI) 63Breech 63Brow presentation 69Caesarean section 69Cardiotocography (CTG) 73Carpal tunnel syndrome 77Catheterisation 77Cephalo-pelvic disproportion (CPD) 78Changing Childbirth 80Child protection 81The Children Act, 1989 81Cholestasis 82Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) 83Clapa 84Clasp trial 84Cleft lip and palate 85Clinical governance 86Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) 86Community Health Councils (CHCs) 86Complementary therapies 86Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) 89Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CEMD) 89Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy (CESDI) 90Congenital dislocation of hips 90CONI (care of next infant) 91Contraception advice 91Convulsions 95Cord prolapse/presentation 95Cramp 96Crying baby 98Cultural aspects related to childbirth 99Cup feeding 104Cystic fibrosis 104Cystitis 105Deep vein thrombosis 106Delivery technique 107Diabetes mellitus 117Disseminated intravascular coagulation (coagulopathy) (DIC) 125Down’s syndrome 126Drug-addicted mother and neonate 128Eclampsia 128Embolism 129Epigastric pain 132Epilepsy 132Epilepsy and pregnancy 134Episiotomy 134Erb’s palsy (paralysis) 136Exchange transfusion 136Face presentation 139Fainting 140Fetal distress 140Fitting 143Forceps delivery 143Frequency of micturition 143Fundal height estimation (antenatal) 144Fundal height estimation (postnatal) 145Haemoglobinopathies 145Haemorrhagic disease (Vitamin-K-deficient bleeding – VKDB) 152Haemorrhoids 154Headaches 155Heartburn 155Heel prick – peripheral blood sampling 156High vaginal swab (HVS)/speculum examination 159History taking 160HOOP (Hands On Or Poised) Study 161Hyperemesis gravidarum 162Hypoglycaemia – neonatal 162Hypothermia – neonatal 163Hypothyroidism 164Identification of newborn at birth 164Incontinence 165Induction of labour – alternative and ‘natural’ 166Induction of labour – medical: uncomplicated pregnancy 166Induction of labour – IUD 169Infection – maternal 169Infection – neonatal 172Initial newborn examination 175Insomnia 177Instrumental delivery – Forceps delivery 178Instrumental delivery – Ventouse delivery 179Intrauterine death (IUD) 181Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) 185Intravenous cannulation/infusion (IVI) 186Jaundice 188Jittery (twitching) baby 191Ketonuria 192Local Supervising Authority (LSA) 193MAGPIE trial 193Malpresentation – fetus 194Maternity action 194Maternity benefits 194Maternity services liaison committees 195Meconium liquor 196Medium chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD) 197Mendelson’s syndrome 198Mid-stream specimen urine (MSSU) 199Multiple pregnancy/births 200National Childbirth Trust (NCT) 202Nausea and vomiting 203Neonatal screening 205Neural tube defect (NTD) 205Obesity in pregnancy 207Occipito-posterior (OP) position 208Oligohydramnios 211Ophthalmia neonatorum 213ORACLE trial 214Parent education 214Partogram completion 216Perineal repair 216Perineal/surrounding area trauma 218Phenylketonuria (PKU) 222Phototherapy 225Placental examination 226Polyhydramnios 232Postnatal care/examination – baby 234Postnatal care – mother 236Postnatal depression 238Postnatal exercises 240Post-partum haemorrhage – primary 241Post-partum haemorrhage – secondary 243Pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH) and pre-eclampsia 245Pre-labour or premature rupture of membranes (prom) 251Preterm baby 254Preterm labour 259Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) 261Prolonged labour – first stage 262Prolonged labour – second stage 263Pruritus 264Pudendal nerve block 266Pulse taking 267Relaxation techniques 267Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) (Surfacant deficiency syndrome [SDS]) 269Resuscitation of newborn 271Retained placenta 271Retinopathy of the newborn 275Safe Motherhood Initiative 277Sexually transmitted infection (STI) 277Sheehan’s syndrome 277Shoulder dystocia 278Sickle cell disease 281Small-for-gestational-age baby (SGA) 281Smoking and pregnancy 284Stillbirth 288Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society (SANDS) 288Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs) 289Substance-abusing mother and baby 289Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) 293Symphysis pubis pain/sacro-iliac pain 295Talipes equinovarus 296Teenage pregnancy 298Temperature-taking 299Tentorial tear 301Term breech trial 303Thalassaemia 303Thrombosis and Thromboembolism 303Thrombophlebitis 303Transverse/oblique lie 304Twins 305Urinary tract infection – UTI 305Uterine inversion 306Uterine rupture 307Vaginal examination (VE) 312Varicose veins 314Venepuncture 316Ventouse delivery 317Vomiting 317Winterton report (1992) 317

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