To determine whether there is enough time to transport a woman having a\u00a0normal delivery to the hospital, find out the following information:<\/p>\n
a. Has the patient had a baby before? Labor during a first pregnancy will\u00a0usually be slower than in subsequent pregnancies.<\/p>\n
b. How frequent are the patient’s contractions? If the contractions are more than\u00a0five minutes apart, there is generally enough time to get to a hospital. If the\u00a0contractions are less than two minutes apart, the baby will probably be born soon,\u00a0especially if this is not the first pregnancy.<\/p>\n
c. Has the patient’s amniotic sac ruptured? If so, when did it rupture? If the\u00a0rupture occurred many hours ago, delivery may be more difficult. Also, the risk of fetal\u00a0infection is increased.<\/p>\n
d. Does the patient feel an urge to move her bowels? This sensation during\u00a0labor is caused by the baby’s head in the mother’s vagina pushing against the female’s\u00a0rectum. This sensation is another sign that delivery is about to take place.<\/p>\n
e. Is the part of the baby to deliver first crowning? Examine the mother\u00a0externally for crowning (whether the presenting part of the baby is bulging out of the\u00a0vagina). If crowning is taking place, the baby is about to be born, and there is no time to\u00a0get to the hospital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
To determine whether there is enough time to transport a woman having a\u00a0normal delivery to the hospital, find out the following information: a. Has the patient had a baby before? Labor during a first pregnancy will\u00a0usually be slower than in subsequent pregnancies. b. How frequent are the patient’s contractions? If the contractions are more than\u00a0five … Continue reading 2-10. TIME TO TRANSPORT THE MOTHER TO A HOSPITAL<\/span>