Labor and Delivery Flashcards

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What are the three stages of labor?
Answer: Cervical dilation, delivery of baby, delivery of placenta
Labor has three distinct stages from start to completion.
What is normal fetal heart rate during labor?
Answer: 110-160 beats per minute
Normal range is faster than an adult heart rate.
What is shoulder dystocia?
Answer: Babys shoulder stuck behind pubic bone during delivery - emergency
This emergency occurs when the baby gets stuck during delivery.
How to distinguish true from false labor?
Answer: True: regular progressive contractions with cervical change; false: irregular, no change
Progressive cervical change is the key difference.
What is meconium-stained fluid?
Answer: Fetal stool in amniotic fluid indicating possible distress and aspiration risk
Fetal stool in fluid can signal distress and create breathing risks.
What is intermittent auscultation?
Answer: Periodic fetal heart rate monitoring during labor using doppler
Periodic listening assesses fetal well-being during labor.

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