Summary obgyn- abnormal labour royal college of surgeons ireland

OG 2.2
Anatomy of the Female Pelvis


OG 1.5 Abnormal Labour

Class Senior Cycle 1
Course Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Code SC1 Obs
Title Abnormal labour
Date January 2015
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Department of Anatomy
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

,Learning Objective Skill objectives
• To define abnormal • To plot observed labours
labour patterns and on a partogram
prolonged labour • To perform intermittent
• To understand fetal and auscultation of the fetal
maternal complications heart during labour
arising from abnormal
labour • To describe CTG
• To describe and interpet characteristics in detail
the different methods of • To observe at least 1 FBS
fetal surveillance during (fetal blood sampling) and
labour including amniotic interpret the result
fluid quality, CTG and • To observe at least one
FBS
operative vaginal delivery
• To be aware of (vacuum or forceps)
interventions used in the
management of abnormal • To observe at least one
labour caesarean section

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
RCSI

, Normal Labour
Defined as:
Beginning from 37- 42 weeks, progressing at an
acceptable rate and resulting in the spontaneous
vaginal delivery(SVD) of a live neonate in good
condition in the occipitoanterior position

Any deviation from this is ‘abnormal labour’



Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
RCSI

, Landmarks on the Fetal Skull




Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology,
RCSI