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Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives

  • 1st Edition - April 29, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Cathy Ashwin, Michelle Anderson
  • Language: English

Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives is a brand new resource that offers readers a ready source of up-to-date information at the fingertips! Well illustrated with over 100 figures… Read more

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Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives is a brand new resource that offers readers a ready source of up-to-date information at the fingertips!

Well illustrated with over 100 figures, tables and pull-out boxes, this slim pocket guide includes a wealth of information ranging from physical examination to drug calculations, antenatal investigations, screening, infant feeding, medical complications of pregnancy, and birth emergencies.

Myles Pocket Reference for Midwives

 will be ideal for all midwives – whether qualified or in training.

Key features

  • Helpful bullet point style enables rapid access to essential information

  • Splash proof cover ensures durability

  • Rich illustrative programme enables rapid access to key information

Readership

Midwives – whether qualified or in training

Table of contents

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

Antenatal care

The start of care and arranging appointments

Infections

Antenatal examination

Problems associated with pregnancy

Plan for birth

Intrapartum

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

Fetal monitoring

Intermittent auscultation (IA)

Continuous electronic fetal monitoring (CEFM)

The third stage of labour

Examination of the placenta

PART 3 AFTER THE BIRTH

Post birth: mother and baby

  • The neonatal heat triangle

    • The puerperium or postnatal period

    • The first 24 hours after birth

    • The first 2–7 days

    • From day 8 to 6–8 weeks

      • Infant feeding

      Initiation of breastfeeding

      • Continued successful breastfeeding

      Perinatal mental health

      • 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

        Complex intrapartum care

        • Malpresentations and malpositions

        • Delay in the first stage of labour

          • Induction of labour

          • Prostaglandins

          • Preterm rupture of membranes

          • Prelabour rupture of membranes at term

          • Instrumental delivery and caesarean section

            • Cord prolapse

            Shoulder dystocia

            Management of post-partum haemorrhage

            Episiotomy and perineal suturing

            • How to perform an episiotomy

            • Perineal suturing

            Female genital mutilation

            Recognition of the seriously ill woman

            • The Maternity Early Obstetric Warning Score (MEOWS) chart

            • Maternal and neonatal sepsis

            • Acute fatty liver in pregnancy

            • Obstetric cholestasis

              • Neonatal resuscitation

              Neonatal jaundice

              • 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

                Product details

                • Edition: 1
                • Latest edition
                • Published: April 29, 2017
                • Language: English

                About the authors

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                Cathy Ashwin

                Cathy Ashwin is principal editor of MIDIRS Digest, a publication for midwives. She is also a lecturer in midwifery at the University of Nottingham. Her specialist areas are public health, perinatal mental health and smoking in pregnancy. Cathy has completed a PhD which focused on women who stop smoking during pregnancy but relapse after their baby is born.
                Affiliations and expertise
                Principal Editor MIDIRS, Honorary Asst. Prof. University of Nottingham, UK

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                Michelle Anderson

                Affiliations and expertise
                Practice Development Midwife, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, UK