Labor

The labor and delivery unit handles the prebirth period and delivery process. This is a time of many anxious and painful hours that seem to last forever. Usually the father and other family members share the anxiety, but the physical pain belongs exclusively to the mom.

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Hospital mishaps
Intensive care units
Wires and tubes
Infusion lines
Blood transfusions
Feeding tubes
Questions to ask the nurse
Drainage tubes
Bladder catheters
Kidney catheters
Hospital-induced anemia
Heart flow monitors
Breathing tubes
Spot respiratory problems
Dialysis
Qualified nurses only
Peritoneal dialysis
Abdominal infection
How to avoid shock
How to deal with anemia
Hemodialysis
How to prevent shock
Lower the risk of infection
Dealing with anemia
ICU psychosis

Nurses need standing orders
Where are the nurses?
Reviving a person
Protect yourself in the ICU
Before, during, after surgery
Before the operation
A pre-op nurse
Risks of general anesthesia
Choosing an anesthesiologist
During the operation
After the operation
Protect Yourself!
The mother-baby units
Labor
Fetal monitoring
Delivery
Pain control during labor
Use of forceps during labor
Complications after birth
APGAR scoring tool
Other childbirth related issues
Infections after birth
Kidnapping in nurseries
Baby switching in nurseries
For a safer birth

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