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Revision as of 16:56, 25 March 2015
Background
Clinical Presentation
Differential Diagnosis
- Emergent delivery
- Umbilical cord prolapse
- Breech delivery
- Shoulder dystocia
- Perimortem cesarean delivery
Diagnosis
Treatment
HELPER
- H call for help
- E episiotomy (or episioproctotomy) to increase the anetroposterior diameter of passage
- L Legs flex (McRoberts maneuver)
- P Pressure- suprapubic pressure and Rubin’s maneuver (applying shoulder pressure to the fetus to decreases the bisacromial diameter)
- E Enter the vagina and attempt Wood’s corkscrew maneuver by pushing the most accessible shoulder toward the chest to corkscrew the shoulders through
- R Remove posterior arm by sweeping it across the chest and bring fetal hand to the chin, grasp and pull out of the birth canal and across the face