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What is the aim of fatal monitoring? |
To assess fatal wellbeing and determine hypoxia and asphyxia |
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What type of auscultation does NICE recommend for low risk pregnancies? |
Intermittent |
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When does intermittent auscultation take place? |
At intervals |
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What two devices can be used to hear the fetal heart? |
Doppler or pinnard |
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What does NICE recommend should be differentiated between when auscultating the FH? |
Maternal pulse |
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What is the normal range for the fetal heart? |
110-160 bpm |
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Current NICE guidelines recommend that auscultation of the fetal heart should take place how often in active labour? |
Every fifteen minutes |
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Describe the components of a CTG reading? |
DR - defined risk C - Contraction Bra - Baseline rate V - Variability A - Accelerations? D - Decelerations? O - Overall, abnormal, normal? |
