CPR & First aid Ch22

Your first job as a first aider to the rape victim is to:

Care for the victim

If the amniotic sac ruptures more than 18 hours before birth occurs, the likelihood of ________ is increased.

Fetal infection

If you must assist with the delivery of the baby, an important guideline to remember is:

all of the above

What care should be given to a woman with vaginal bleeding late in her pregnancy?

all of the above

After the baby is delivered, and before the umbilical cord is cut, the newborn should be held:

head slightly lower than the trunk, level with the mother's vagina.

If a woman in labor feels she has to move her bowels, delivery:

is imminent

Which childbirth position improves blood return to the heart?

lying on the left side

The actual delivery of the baby takes place during the ____ stage of labor.

second

During which stage of labor is the placenta expelled?

third

A newborn should begin to breathe:

within 30 seconds

Contractions less than ____ minutes apart and 45 to 60 seconds long, especially in a woman who has had more than one pregnancy, signal imminent delivery.

2

Contractions more than ____ minute(s) apart are a good indication that there will be enough time to get the woman to a hospital.

5

If the baby's head emerges with the umbilical cord wrapped around the neck, the first aider should:

Slip the cord over the baby's head.