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Labor & Birth Complications I

Core Competencies Covered

  • Abnormal labor progress
  • Labor dystocia
  • Malposition and malpresentation
  • Maternal exhaustion and dehydration
  • Abnormal fetal-heart findings
  • Meconium
  • PROM
  • Intrapartum infection
  • VBAC considerations
  • Multiple gestation

Skills Introduced, Practiced & Initially Verified

  • Identify abnormal labor patterns
  • Evaluate maternal and fetal well-being
  • Demonstrate maternal positioning techniques
  • Recognize abnormal fetal-heart findings
  • Identify indications for intervention
  • Determine need for consultation, referral, or transfer
  • Demonstrate applicable complication-management techniques through simulation

Professional Standards Alignment
MEAC/NARM: 4.13–4.15, 4.21–4.22, 4.34–4.35, 4.39–4.43
Additional Alignment: MANA intrapartum complication and referral competencies
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