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EaSi resource
  • Introduction
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  • Background
  • Pelvic anatomy
  • Maternal and fetal assessment
  • Decision making
  • Preparing for instrumental delivery
  • Vacuum extraction
    • Flexion point
    • Silastic cup
    • Metal cup
    • Soft versus rigid cup
    • Kiwi omnicup
    • Positioning of the cup
    • Pressure increments
    • Maternal tissue entrapment
    • Keeping the cup in position
    • Traction
    • Protecting the perineum
    • Delivery
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Vacuum extraction

This section of the tutorial focusses on vacuum extraction including:

  • the different components of the vacuum cup
  • the different types of vacuum cups and the indications/problems with each
  • how to apply the vacuum cup
  • the axis of traction.

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