AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The student must understand how to support the woman during the various stages of labor.

Must be familiar with the various protocols for preventing GBS infection.

Monitor low-risk labor using a partogram.

Understand the dynamic and mechanical processes of labor.

Understand the characteristics of amniotic fluid.

Provide care during childbirth, including water births and home births.

Provide care during the third stage of labor (delivery of the placenta).

Recognize the type of laceration and know how to suture it.

Understand the procedure for performing a perineotomy and assist the physician with suturing.

Know and be able to perform key blood tests for the woman and the newborn.

Be able to perform umbilical cord blood collection.

TEACHING METHODS

INTERACTIVE LESSONS

CLINICAL CASES

VIDEOS

SLIDES

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

WHO recommendations for a positive childbirth experience
Prodromal labor: support the midwife should provide to the woman
Contractions – contraction parameters (overview)
Physiology of labor
Diagnosis of labor
Cardiotocographic monitoring during labor
Friedman’s cervimetric curve (overview)
Bishop score (overview)
GBS – Unit protocol PARTOGRAM COMPLETION
DILATATION PHASE
- DYNAMIC OR MATERNAL PHENOMENA

- FACTORS OF LABOR

SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE MIDWIFE TO THE WOMAN DURING THE DILATATION PHASE
POSITIONS DURING THE DILATATION PHASE
DIAGNOSIS OF ENGAGEMENT
RUPTURE OF AMNIOTIC MEMBRANES –
CHARACTERISTICS OF AMNIOTIC FLUID
INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC FACTORS (PPROM, PROM, RSM)
SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE MIDWIFE TO THE WOMAN DURING THE EXPULSION PHASE
POSITIONS DURING THE EXPULSION PHASE
BIRTH ASSISTANCE TRAY CHECKLIST
ASSISTANCE DURING SPONTANEOUS BIRTH
UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD SAMPLING FOR DETERMINATION OF:
BLOOD TYPE
Rh FACTOR
DIRECT COOMBS TEST
MATERIALS, SUPPLIES, AND PROCEDURE

MATERNAL BLOOD SAMPLING TO DETERMINE:
BLOOD TYPE
Rh FACTOR
INDIRECT COOMBS TEST
OVERVIEW OF BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS
OVERVIEW OF UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD DONATION (ADE?)
DELAYED VS. EARLY CORD CLAMPING
DELIVERY OF THE PLACENTA (THIRD STAGE OF LABOR)
RECOMMENDATIONS ON PREVENTION, RECOGNITION, AND TREATMENT OF OBSTETRIC PERINEAL TRAUMA
DEFINITION OF 1ST, 2ND, 3RD, AND 4TH DEGREE VAGINO-PERINEAL LACERATIONS
PERINEOTOMY/EPISIOTOMY
MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR PERINEAL SUTURING INSTRUMENTATION
SUTURES
HOME BIRTH
WATER BIRTH

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Materials and online resources provided by the Professor

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

LESSONS

LESSONS START

See the schedule published on Aula Web.

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy