First Aid - General Knowledge

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First Aid - General Knowledge - Study #29 Online Dictionary

Q1) An incident of emergency childbirth usually occurs when there is sudden ____?___ delivery or when the mother is prevented from getting to a hospital.

1) premature
2) mother is unable to get to the hospital

Q2) The goal of the first aider for an emergency childbirth is __?__.

1) assist the mother in delivering the baby
2) protect the mother and baby until they can be transported to the hospital.

Q3) Define childbirth labour?

Is the process through which the female body prepares itself to deliver a baby.

Q4) The process of labour is in three stages. Name them?

1) contractions of the uterus, usually accompanied with pain.
2) breaking of the sac and release of fluid through the vagina.
3) bloody show: consisting of blood and mucus.

Q5) In childbirth what does crowning mean?

the baby s scalp will first appear.

Q6) When birth is imminient, place the mother ___?__.

on her back with knees bent and her head supported on pillows.

Q7) Place a clean towel under the mother s buttocks and a clean towel between her legs to __?__.

lay the newborn on.

Q8) In childbirth, if the cord is around the baby s neck ease it away either by passing it over the head or shoulders. True or False?

True

Q9) Define: breech presentation?

is when the baby s buttocks, knees or feet are presented first, instead of the head.

Q10) The placenta is normally expelled from the mother within __?__ minutes of the baby s birth.