SAQ 1135 – Unexpected second-stage labour in a peripheral ED

You are working at a peripheral hospital without maternity facilities when a 16-year-old obese girl presents in second-stage labour. Until this presentation she was unaware that she was pregnant.

List five (5) steps you would take to prepare for delivery.

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Within minutes the baby's head delivers, but the shoulders cannot be delivered despite gentle axial traction. Name this condition and state the time period in which the baby should be delivered to avoid serious fetal hypoxia.

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Describe three (3) manoeuvres that may enable safe delivery.

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