Midwifery Essentials: Labour

Baston, Helen

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Book Information
Edition:	1st
Publisher:	Churchill Livingstone
ISBN:	0-443-10355-0 (0443103550)
ISBN-13:	978-0-443-10355-1 (9780443103551)
New Edition:	0-7020-7099-8
Format:	Brit/Collect Works
Binding:	Softcover
Copyright:	2009
Publish Date:	11/09
Volume:	3
Weight:	0.42 Lbs.
Pages:	179
Carton Quantity:	80
Subject Class:	HRP (Health Related Professions)
Remarks:	A New Edition of this Title is Available
Return Policy:	Returns accepted up to 10 months provided no other recalls or return restrictions apply.
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Class Specifications
Discipline:	Obstetrics
Subject Definition:	Midwifery-Handbooks; Midwifery-Coll Wrks; Obstetric, Labor
NLM Class:	WQ 165
LC Class:	RG950
Abstract:	Labour is the third title in the Midwifery Essentials series and is about the provision of safe and effective care during labour and birth. This book prepares the reader to provide safe, evidence-based, woman-centred intrapartum care. Assessment and the role of the midwife in early labour The first stage of labour, monitoring maternal and fetal wellbeing Coping with contractions, without pharmacological pain relief Advantages and disadvantages of pharmacological analgesia Indications for induction or augmentation of labour The second stage of labour and the procedure for episiotomy The third stage of labour and the impact of different approaches Different methods of anaesthesia and preparation for caesarean birth The procedure for evidence-based perineal suturing. Expanded and developed from the hugely successful Midwifery Basics series originally published in The Practising Midwife journal. Midwife contains additional information and new chapters to provide a one stop student resource. Covers the essential information needed for best practice at all stages of pregnancy and birth. Midwifery Essentials puts the whole of midwifery in your pocket.