FORCEPS APPLICATION
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
CONTRAINDICATION S
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