Nurse Delivery

[tinyscrafts]

Do you guys hate them?

I attended a birth the other day and mom surprised all of us, Doc had to run and our RN was clearly, well... freaking.

I know no one wants to be resposible for a shoulder dystocia etc... but don't most nurses have some emergency birth training? Don't most get ok with it after a while? How long did it take you to get comfortable (possibly wrong word??) catching if you need to?

[htrn]

Have had to catch a couple of times. Bottom line, if the baby is coming that fast there is usually not going to be a problem. Things like nuchal cords that would prevent delivery after the head or a shoulder dystocia are usually going to make the delivery of the head itself a little more difficult.

As to what you do if those things do happen, GET HELP for all precip deliveries just in case. There must have been six nurses in the room for one of my precip deliveries - enough to do McRoberts, supra-pubic pressure, hand clamps, take baby, etc...

Our hospital has a procedure called a 'colleague assist' that we can call for any situation where we need warm bodies - beligerant visitor, pt fall, etc... It is amazing how many people show up for a colleague assist, including folks like maintenance staff, dietary and admin types. If you need help fast, call a code blue. People may be POd when they initially find out it was not for a cardiac/resp arrest, but once you explain that there was a need for skilled help now they should get over it.

I think its kind of cool when it happens, a bit of a rush.