PROM...help me please

Specialties Ob/Gyn

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So im doing a project tomorrow on PROM...i understand it just need some more explinations...i also have to do a visual...im trying to use a ballon to show what happens...questions should i let the ballon do a slow leak or just let it burst...thanks

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Specializes in Community, OB, Nursery.

What I'd do instead is get a water bottle and turn it upside down. Unscrew the lid a little, let a little water leak out, then tighten it back a little. Unscrew the lid a lot - almost completely off - so a bunch leaks out, and then tighten it back. That's pretty realistic for how PPROM goes. Sometimes it's a big gush, sometimes it's a slow leak. We have PPROMers on our unit for weeks sometimes.

(Clarification: there's nothing wrong with your balloon analogy. Didn't mean to imply that. It just might not be logistically as easy to pull off. 'Tis all.)

Good luck w/ your presentation!

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Thank you:lol2:

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Specializes in critical care, PACU.

okay what is prom? first I thought it was prom, like the dance, then I thought it was PROM like passive range of motion. now I have no clue ;)

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i was thinking the dance also lol.

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Me too! :lol2: It is the season!

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Specializes in OB-Gyn/Primary Care/Ambulatory Leadership.

Premature rupture of membranes

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Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.

aka "breaking your water"

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Specializes in LTC.

I knew what prom stood for but i think the heart icon threw others off a bit

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