Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives, 1st Edition

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

The start of care and arranging appointments

Infections

Antenatal examination

Problems associated with pregnancy

Plan for birth

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

Intermittent auscultation (IA)

Continuous electronic fetal monitoring (CEFM)

Examination of the placenta

PART 3 AFTER THE BIRTH

• The neonatal heat triangle

• The first 24 hours after birth
• The first 2–7 days
• From day 8 to 6–8 weeks

Initiation of breastfeeding

• Continued successful breastfeeding

• 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

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

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

Episiotomy and perineal suturing

• How to perform an episiotomy
• Perineal suturing

Female genital mutilation

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

• 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