FORCEPS APPLICATION

BY: Ms. Nikethana.R.NairM.Sc Nursing, II Year.

SRMC.

DEFINITION

Obstetric forceps is a pair of instrument specially designed to assist extraction of the fetal head and there by accomplishing the delivery of the fetus.

Measurements of long curved obstetrics forceps

1.Length : 37 cms.

2.Distance : 2.5 cms (in between the tips).

3.Diameter (widest) : 9 cms.

INDICATIONS

MATERNAL

Inadequate Expulsive Efforts & MATERNAL Exhaustion

Eclampsia

Fetal: Non Assuring FHR.

OTHERS: PROLONGED LABOUR

Confusion

CONTRAINDICATIONS

UTERINE RUPTURE

Hydramnios

Placenta Previa & Abruptio Placentae.

Contracted Pelvis & Lie

Cord prolapse

HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS

ASSESSMENT

FETAL ASSESSMENT

Sterile

WHO CAN PERFORM

CONSENT

WHERE IT CAN BE PERFORMED

Method

Team work