Basic functions perfomed in labour ward at maswa district hospital in simiyu in february 2017
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TextPublisher number: Wurzburg Road 35, BMC Premises, Post Code: 33102: P. O. Box 1464, Mwanza – Tanzania: Phone: +255 28 298 3384: Fax: +255 28 298 3386: Email: vc@bugando.ac.tz : www.bugando.ac.tzLanguage: English Language: Kiswahili Publication details: Mwanza, Tanzania: Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences [CUHAS – Bugando] : ©2017Description: 23 Pages; Includes ReferencesSubject(s): Summary: Abstract:
Labour ward is among the department in obstetric which provide care for women during pregnancy and childbirth. It has 10 beds in antenatal ward, 16 beds in postnatal ward and 3 delivery beds in the labour room.
Some of the basic functions performed in Maswa district hospital labour ward include, midwifery and obstetric services (normal delivery, emergency conditions management e.g., postpartum hemorrhage, induction of labour), sonographic evaluation of the fetal conditions, birth registration, fetal assessment after delivery and special care for high risk pregnancies e.g. DM patients, eclampsia patients etc.)
During this field attachment, a lot of practical work skills were learn which includes;
Feeling and monitoring pantograph. Vacuums delivery. Team work management of per partum hemorrhage. Neonatal resuscitation (how to help a baby breath). Management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. How to perform caesarian section and BTL. How shrodka suturing is done. Management of gestational diabetes and lastly. The impact of local herbs in labor ward.
The major challenge during this field attachment study was the language barrier with the natives of Maswa district.
During this field attachment program; the most observed obstetric referral cases from peripheral health facilities includes; obstructed labor, anaemia in pregnancy, severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, and obstetric hemorrhage.
The major challenge during this field attachment study was the language barrier with the natives of Maswa district. Other challenges included; Bad traditional beliefs especially the use of local herbs, bad religious beliefs, inadequate equipments such as oxygen machine, intubation tubes, and delay of the mothers to come to the hospital.
Conclusively: In February I case of gestational diabetes was managed, 3 case of postpartum hemorrhage were managed and a total of 320 mother were delivery, of which 287 delivered normally through SVD, 32 delivered by caesarian section and I delivered by vacuum extraction, and no maternal death that occurred.
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| UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS | MWALIMU NYERERE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTRE-CUHAS BUGANDO | NFIC | 1 | CUHAS/MD/4000613/T/1 |
Abstract:
Labour ward is among the department in obstetric which provide care for women during pregnancy and childbirth. It has 10 beds in antenatal ward, 16 beds in postnatal ward and 3 delivery beds in the labour room.
Some of the basic functions performed in Maswa district hospital labour ward include, midwifery and obstetric services (normal delivery, emergency conditions management e.g., postpartum hemorrhage, induction of labour), sonographic evaluation of the fetal conditions, birth registration, fetal assessment after delivery and special care for high risk pregnancies e.g. DM patients, eclampsia patients etc.)
During this field attachment, a lot of practical work skills were learn which includes;
Feeling and monitoring pantograph. Vacuums delivery. Team work management of per partum hemorrhage. Neonatal resuscitation (how to help a baby breath). Management of pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. How to perform caesarian section and BTL. How shrodka suturing is done. Management of gestational diabetes and lastly. The impact of local herbs in labor ward.
The major challenge during this field attachment study was the language barrier with the natives of Maswa district.
During this field attachment program; the most observed obstetric referral cases from peripheral health facilities includes; obstructed labor, anaemia in pregnancy, severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, and obstetric hemorrhage.
The major challenge during this field attachment study was the language barrier with the natives of Maswa district. Other challenges included; Bad traditional beliefs especially the use of local herbs, bad religious beliefs, inadequate equipments such as oxygen machine, intubation tubes, and delay of the mothers to come to the hospital.
Conclusively: In February I case of gestational diabetes was managed, 3 case of postpartum hemorrhage were managed and a total of 320 mother were delivery, of which 287 delivered normally through SVD, 32 delivered by caesarian section and I delivered by vacuum extraction, and no maternal death that occurred.
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