This document provides a mnemonic to help remember steps for managing shoulder dystocia during childbirth:
1. Ask for help and have additional staff come to assist. Perform McRobert's maneuver by lifting the buttocks and legs.
2. Perform anterior shoulder disimpaction maneuvers like rotating the baby to an oblique position or applying suprapubic pressure.
3. Perform Woods' maneuver by rotating the posterior shoulder. Manually remove the posterior arm if needed. Consider performing an episiotomy.
This document provides a mnemonic to help remember steps for managing shoulder dystocia during childbirth:
1. Ask for help and have additional staff come to assist. Perform McRobert's maneuver by lifting the buttocks and legs.
2. Perform anterior shoulder disimpaction maneuvers like rotating the baby to an oblique position or applying suprapubic pressure.
3. Perform Woods' maneuver by rotating the posterior shoulder. Manually remove the posterior arm if needed. Consider performing an episiotomy.
This document provides a mnemonic to help remember steps for managing shoulder dystocia during childbirth:
1. Ask for help and have additional staff come to assist. Perform McRobert's maneuver by lifting the buttocks and legs.
2. Perform anterior shoulder disimpaction maneuvers like rotating the baby to an oblique position or applying suprapubic pressure.
3. Perform Woods' maneuver by rotating the posterior shoulder. Manually remove the posterior arm if needed. Consider performing an episiotomy.
This document provides a mnemonic to help remember steps for managing shoulder dystocia during childbirth:
1. Ask for help and have additional staff come to assist. Perform McRobert's maneuver by lifting the buttocks and legs.
2. Perform anterior shoulder disimpaction maneuvers like rotating the baby to an oblique position or applying suprapubic pressure.
3. Perform Woods' maneuver by rotating the posterior shoulder. Manually remove the posterior arm if needed. Consider performing an episiotomy.
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Shoulder Dystocia
SHOULDER DYSTOCIA MNEMONIC
International
Ask for help
Lift - the buttocks - the legs } McRoberts Maneuver Anterior disimpaction - rotate to oblique - suprapubic pressure Rotate the posterior shoulder - Woods maneuver Manual removal of the posterior arm Episiotomy consider Roll over S Mnemonic Shoulder POST Dystocia PARTUM HEMORRHAGE International MNEMONIC Mnemonic H Help. Ask for Help A Assess (vital sign, blood loss) and resucitate Establish aetilogy, ensure aviabioity of blood, acbolic Initial Management E (oxytocin, ergometrine, or syntometrine bolus IV/IM) M Massage uterus Oxytocin infusion, ergometrine bolus IV/IM, prostaglandins O Medical Treatment per rectal Shift to the theatre. Exclude retain products and trauma, S Conservative Non bimanual compression, abdominal aorta compression Surgical Management T Tamponade ballon and uterine packing A Apply compression uterus, B-Lynch technique or modified Systemic pelvic devascularization : uterine, ovarian, quadriple, S Conservative Surgical internal iliaca, Lasso-Budiman technique Management Interventional radiologist, if appropriate, uterine artery I embolization Last Effort- Non - S Subtotal/total hysterectomy Conservative Surgical Management
