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EaSi resource
  • Introduction
  • eTutor profile
  • Background
  • Pelvic anatomy
  • Maternal and fetal assessment
  • Decision making
  • Preparing for instrumental delivery
  • Vacuum extraction
  • Forceps
  • Rotational deliveries
  • Complications and postoperative care
    • Be aware
    • Shoulder dystocia
    • Assessing for trauma post-delivery
    • Perineal trauma
    • Vaginal and cervical trauma
    • Haemorrhage
    • Bladder care
    • Thromboprophylaxis
    • Analgesia
    • Neonatal trauma
    • Vacuum versus forceps
    • Psychological morbidity
    • Assessments
    • Further reading
    • Key points
  • Video quick links
  • User feedback

Complications and postoperative care

The final section of the tutorial focusses on complications and postoperative care including:

  • how to predict potential problems that may occur
  • how you would assess vaginal/perineal trauma
  • prescribing appropriate analgesia
  • assessing the need for thromboprophylaxis
  • care for the bladder
  • the risks of maternal and fetal morbidity
  • the risks of vacuum and forceps delivery
  • debriefing the woman and her family
  • the implications of an instrumental delivery for future deliveries.

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