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

CONTRAINDICATIONS

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