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Supporting readers to perform effectively in urgent or emergency situations that can occur in a hospital, at a birth centre or at home, this fully updated fourth edition presents the necessary knowledge and skills for student and practising midwives.
List of contents
CHAPTER 1: AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROFESSIONAL ISSUES THAT SUPPORT SAFE PRACTICE
Kate Nash and Julie JonesCHAPTER 2: LEGAL ISSUES IN EMERGENCY CARE
Anne O'Loghlen Pinion and Kate NashCHAPTER 3: MATERNAL AND NEWBORN RESUSCITATION
Jenny BrewsterCHAPTER 4: ANTEPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE
Luisa AcostaCHAPTER 5: CARDIAC CONDITIONS
Maureen BoyleCHAPTER 6: THROMBOEMBOLISM IN PREGNANCY
Judy BothamleyCHAPTER 7: PRE-ECLAMPSIA AND ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS
Maureen BoyleCHAPTER 8: MALPRESENTATIONS
Maureen BoyleCHAPTER 9: CORD PROLAPSE
Clare GordonCHAPTER 10: SHOULDER DYSTOCIA
Debra Sloam CHAPTER 11: UTERINE COMPLICATIONS
Marie HallCHAPTER 12: PRIMARY POSTPARTUM HAEMORRHAGE
Jessica ScobleCHAPTER 13: AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM (ANAPHYLACTOID SYNDROME OF PREGNANCY
Maureen BoyleCHAPTER 14: SERIOUS INFECTION
Judy BothamleyCHAPTER 15: OTHER CAUSES OF POTENTIAL MATERNAL COLLAPSE
Andrea Aras-PayneCHAPTER 16: BIRTH TRAUMA AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER
Reina Fisher-van WerkhovenCHAPTER 17: POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS
Reina Fisher-van Werkhoven
About the author
Maureen Boyle is Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at the University of West London, UK.
Summary
Supporting readers to perform effectively in urgent or emergency situations that can occur in a hospital, at a birth centre or at home, this fully updated fourth edition presents the necessary knowledge and skills for student and practising midwives.
