Birth Emergency Skills Training: Manual for Out-Of-Hospital Midwives

About this book

Midwives attending childbirth in homes and birth centers seldom encounter emergencies, but when crisis occurs, lives hang in the balance It is difficult to remain proficient in skills so seldom practiced, yet pregnant women rely on the expertise of the provider in an emergency. Birth Emergency Skills Training: Manual for Out-of-Hospital Midwives is the interface between the world of midwifery and the world of medicine. It carries the reader from the initial steps of intervention though definitive care, balancing a friendly tone and visual appeal with authoritative and clinically useful information. It is loaded with mnemonics and other memory aids, and is richly illustrated with the author's artful drawings and photography.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780979002007

Publisher

Birth Muse Press

Published

July 10, 2008

Pages

312

Weight

19.2 oz

Subject

Health & Fitness