Form 08-4215d - Course Of Study Certification Page 5

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SUBJECT
RESOURCE(S)
INTRAPARTUM CARE
(1)
Normal labor and birth processes.
(2)
Anatomy of the fetal skull, including its critical landmarks.
(3)
Assessment of maternal and fetal status.
(4)
Emotional changes, comfort, and support during labor, birth, and
immediately postpartum.
(5)
Techniques to aid the spontaneous vaginal delivery of the baby and
placenta.
(6)
Abnormalities of the four stages of labor, including the etiology and
assessment of those abnormalities and the appropriate referral, transport,
and emergency measures indicated for the fetus, mother, or newborn
affected by those abnormalities, including
(6a)
review of the side effects and administration of pharmaceutical agents,
such as emergency administration of Pitocin to control postpartum
hemorrhage; and
(6b)
performing an emergency episiotomy.
08-4215d (Rev. 11/99)

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