Prepared By:

Anna Grace A. Zacal, RN

Deliberate initiation of labor or uterine contractions before
spontaneous onset

INDICATIONS

METHODS OF INDUCTION:
Administer pituitary hormones or synthetic substitutes: PITOCIN
Amniotomy
Stripping the membranes

PREREQUISITES FOR SUCCESSFUL INDUCTION

INTERVENTIONS
 Delivery of the baby using obstetrical instruments the forceps
which consist of a blade, shank, handle and a lock
INDICATORS/RISK FACTORS
FETAL FACTORS MATERNAL FACTORS
CRITERIA/PREREQUISITES
TYPES:
Low/Outlet Forceps Midforceps

COMPLICATIONS/PROGNOSIS
Maternal Fetal

INTERVENTIONS
Delivery via an abdominal incision

INDICATIONS

INTERVENTIONS
Pre-operative
Post-operative
 ANALGESIA the relief of pain and the pain
perception; can be provided by a variety of
techniques including drugs. Analgesics are drugs that
relieve pain and pain perception

NARCOTICS
TRANQUILIZERS
SEDATIVES
 ANESTHESIA the absence of sensation, implies
freedom from pain; anesthetics agents that
produce insensitivity to pain or sensation; produce
local or general loss of sensation

GENERAL ANESTHESIA
REGIONAL ANESTHESIA
LOCAL ANESTHESIA