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| Expulsion of a fetus as a result of deliberate actions taken to stop the pregnancy? |
INDUCED ABORTION |
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| When the fetus and placenta deliver before the 28th week of pregnancy; commonly called a miscarriage? |
SPONTANEOUS ABORTION |
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| Spontaneous (miscarriage) or induced termination of pregnancy? |
ABORTION |
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| A complication of pregnancy where ethe woman retains large amounts of fluid and has hypertension. She may also experience seizures and/or coma during birth, which is very dangerous to the infant? |
PREECLAMPSIA |
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| A severe complication of pregnancy that produces seizures and coma? |
ECLAMPSIA |
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| When implantation of the fertilized egg is not in the body of the uterus, occurring instead in the oviduct (fallopian tube), cervix, or abdominopelvic cavity? |
ECTOPIC PREGNANCY |
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| Fallopian tube; tube that carries eggs from an ovary to the uterus? |
OVIDUCT |
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| A condition in which the placenta separates from the uterine wall; a cause of prebirth bleeding? |
ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE |
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| A condition in which the placenta is formed in an abnormal location (low in the uterus and close to or over the cervical opening) that will not allow for a normal delivery of the fetus; a cause of excessive prebirth bleeding. |
PLACENTA PREVIA |
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| A result of the fetus defecating. It is a sign of fetal or maternal distress? |
MECONIUM STAINING |
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| Any newborn weighing less than 5.5 pounds or born before the 37th week of pregnancy? |
PREMATURE INFANT |
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| When more than one baby is born during a single delivery? |
MULTIPLE BIRTH |
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| When an infant's limb protrudes from the vagina before the appearance of any other body part? |
LIMB PRESENTATION |
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| If, upon viewing the vaginal area, you see the umbilical cord presenting, the cord is? |
PROLAPSED |
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| When the umbilical cord presents first and is squeezed between the vaginal wall and the baby's head? |
PROLAPSED UMBILICAL CORD |
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| If you evaluate a women in labor and find the baby's buttocks or both legs presenting, rather than the head, this is know as what? |
A BREECH PRESENTATION |
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| What is the most common abnormal delivery? |
BREECH PRESENTATION |
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| What are some examples of childbirth complications? |
-BREECH PRESENTATION
-PROLAPSED UMBILICAL CORD
-LIMB PRESENTATION |
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| The surface area between the vagina and anus? |
PERINEUM |
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| What is a good way to stop vaginal bleeding? |
MASSAGE THE UTERUS |
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| During birth, blood loss for the mother is usually no more than? |
500 CC |
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| What is the proper way to clamp the umbilical cord? |
PLACE 1ST CLAMP 10 INCHES FROM BABY
PLACE 2ND CLAMP 7 INCHES FROM BABY |
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| If the heart rate of the newborn is less than 100 BPM, what do you do? |
PROVIDE ARTIFICIAL VENTILATIONS AT A RATE OF 40-60 PER MINTUE |
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| A newborn should begin breathing within? |
30 SECONDS |
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| Is the total of the five values, and ranges from 0 to 10. It is traditionally determined 1 minute after birth and then again 5 minutes after birth? |
APGAR SCORE |
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| A normal newborn should have a pulse greater than? |
100 BPM |
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| The tip of the syringe should not be inserted more than how far into the baby's nostril? |
1/2 INCH |
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| When suctioning, how far should you insert the syringe into the baby's mouth? |
1-1.5 INCHES |
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| All patients in their third trimester should be transported on what side? |
LEFT SIDE |
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| Dizziness and a drop in blood pressure caused when the mother is in a supine position and the weight of the uterus, infant, placenta, and amniotic fluid compress the interior vena cava, reducing return of blood to the heart and cardiac output? |
SUPINE HYPOTENSIVE SYNDROME |
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| What does it mean if the mother is having labor pains from contractions that are about 2 minutes apart? |
BIRTH IS NEAR |
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| The third stage of labor usually last for how long? |
10-20 MINUTES |
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| Women giving birth for the first time will remain in this stage for an average of? |
16 HOURS |
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| Amniotic fluid that is greenish or brownish-yellow rather than clear as a result of fetal defecation; an indication of possible maternal or fetal distress during labor? |
MECONIUM STAINING |
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| The first stage of labor is also called the? |
DILATION PERIOD |
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| Begins after the baby is born and lasts until the afterbirth (placenta , umbilical cord, and some tissues from the amniotic sac and the lining of the uterus) is delivered. |
THIRD STAGE |
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| Is the time from when the baby enters the birth canal until he is born? |
SECOND STAGE |
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| The placenta, membranes of the amniotic sac, part of the umbilical cord, and some tissues from the lining of the uterus that are delivered after the birth of the baby? |
AFTERBIRTH |
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| The three stages of the delivery of a baby that begin with the contractions of the uterus and end with the expulsion of the placenta? |
LABOR |
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| When the baby's buttocks or both legs appear first during birth? |
BREECH PRESENTATION |
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| When the baby appears head first during birth. This is the normal presentation? |
CEPHALIC PRESENTATION |
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| Usually the presenting part of the baby is what? |
THE HEAD |
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| When part of the baby is visible through the vaginal opening? |
CROWNING |
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| What happens during the first trimester? |
THE FETUS BEGINS TO FORM |
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| Approximately how much fluid does the amniotic sac contain? |
ABOUT 1 QUART |
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| The "bag of waters" that surrounds the developing fetus? |
AMNIOTIC SAC |
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| The fetal structure containing the blood vessels that carry blood to and from the placenta? |
UMBILICAL CORD |
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| How much must the cervix dilate during labor to allow the baby's head to pass into the vagina? |
4 INCHES (10cm) |
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| The organ of pregnancy where exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and wastes occurs between a mother and fetus? |
PLACENTA |
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| The birth canal? |
VAGINA |
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| The neck of the uterus at the entrance to the birth canal? |
CERVIX |
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| The muscular abdominal organ where the fetus develops? |
UTERUS |
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| The baby as he develops in the womb? |
FETUS |
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