OB quiz 1 Basic Electronic Monitoring
What is Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM) - ANS-Method used to assess fetal status
and well-being, and maternal contraction pattern before and during labor.
What does FEM monitor? - ANS-Fetal Heart Rate (FHR), variability, frequency of uterine
contractions, duration, and intensity
Which Monitor is able to measure the intensity of the contraction? Is it internal or
external? - ANS-IUPC
internal monitoring
What are the external methods of EFM? - ANS-- Doppler
- External Ultrasound (US)
- Tocodyunamometer (TOCO)
What are internal methods of EFM? - ANS-Fetal Scalp electrode (FSE)
Intra-Uterine Pressure Catheter (IUPC)
In reading Fetal Monitoring Tracings, what do the upper and lower graphs represent?
What does each square represent? What does a Bold line represent? - ANS-Upper
graph = Fetal Heart Rate Pattern
Lower Graph = contraction pattern
small square = 10 seconds
Bold line = 1 minute
What is variability? - ANS-Normal changes and fluctuations in fetal heart rate over time.
It is the best overall indicator of fetal well-being.
What are the different types of variability? - ANS-Absent - Undetectable
Minimal - >undetectable 5bpm
Moderate - 6-25bpm change
Marked > 25 bpm change
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