Authors

1Daniel Leno González, 1Margarita Castro Acedo, 2Juan Luis Leno González, 2María José Lozano Guerrero

Position

¹Diplomado/a en Enfermería. Hospital Ciudad de Coria. ²Diplomado/a en Enfermería. Centro de Salud de Coria.

Contact address

Avenida del Valle, 33-A, 1º A. 10600 Plasencia, Cáceres.

Contact email: dleno@unex.es

Abstract

Even though women in labour are usually looked after by a specialised nurse in Obstetrics and Gynaecology or Midwife, in some cases, the services of a generalist nurse may be needed, for instance, in rural areas where a district health nurse in on call in the healthcare centre, in a remote rural area that has no midwife nearby, or in cases where the physician is out on the filed attending a home call, or has simply left the health centre or is off duty, and a pregnant women happens to need help.

This article reviews the most important aspects when attending a woman in labor and delivery in an extrahospital setting.
These points are:
– To know how to recognise the signs of imminent delivery.
– To get material that might be of use.
– To help the woman in labour through the expulsion period of the delivery.
– To provide postnatal immediate care both to the mother and her newborn.

Keywords:

obstetrics; extra-hospital delivery; signs of labour; deliveryneonate

Versión en Español

Título:

¿Estamos preparados para atender un parto extrahospitalario?