Postpartum Hemorrhage: Postpartum Oxytocin

DHAPI 6025.35 presents oxytocin protocol goals to standardize practice and reduce unwarranted variation by including: -Concentration of Oxytocin, titration to postpartum outcomes, standardized time -Minimum oxytocin dosage, titration according to provider experience, variable time -Free-flow oxytocin guidelines, titration according to postpartum outcomes, standardized time -Concentration of Oxytocin, titration according to duration of labor, and provider experience

Concentration of Oxytocin, titration to postpartum outcomes, standardized time

Your MTF postpartum oxytocin protocol should include a standard concentration (recommended 30 units oxytocin in 500 milliliters (mL) of normal saline or lactated ringers, standard minimum postpartum oxytocin infusion of (4) four hours, not exceeding 60 units oxytocin over (4) four hours). -True -False

True

The Active Management of the Third Stage of Labor, (AMTSL), developed by the World Health Organization, is a recommended series of steps which may help reduce risk of PPH by: -The provision of uterotonic drugs immediately upon fetal delivery -Controlled cord traction -Massage of the uterine fundus -All of the Above

All of the Above

Oxytocin is: -Is the first line treatment for postpartum hemorrhage, a high-alert medication, and presents minimal risk, even at higher dosages. -Is the first line treatment for postpartum hemorrhage, a high-alert medication, and presents no risk, even at higher dosages. -Is the first line treatment for postpartum hemorrhage, a high-alert medication, and presents significant risk at higher dosages including cardiac arrythmias, hypotension, and water intoxication. -Is the second or third-line treatment for postpartum hemorrhage, a high-alert medication, and presents significant risk at higher dosages including cardiac arrythmias, hypotension, and water intoxication.

Is the first line treatment for postpartum hemorrhage, a high-alert medication, and presents significant risk at higher dosages including cardiac arrythmias, hypotension, and water intoxication.