Labor and Delivery Triage

Procedure Ready: Ob/Gyn (fka Pimped Ob/Gyn)
Procedure Ready: Ob/Gyn (fka Pimped Ob/Gyn)
Labor and Delivery Triage
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  • The OB One-Liner: “This is a _ yr old G_ P_ @_ wks GA here for ____.”
    Ex: This is a 34yo G3P2002 @ 38wks3days GA here for contractions
  • Triage: 4 essential questions to ask every pregnant woman in triage
    Contractions, leaking fluid, vaginal bleeding, fetal movement
  • What is labor? Cervical change and contractions
  • Evaluate for ROM: Pooling, nitrazine (pH), ferning.
  • Vaginal bleeding—when do we care? 2nd or 3rd trimester worry about placenta: abruption, previa, vasa previa
  • DFM: NSTs, BPPs, Kick counts
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Your Ob/Gyn Survival Guide: Tips and Tricks

Procedure Ready: Ob/Gyn (fka Pimped Ob/Gyn)
Procedure Ready: Ob/Gyn (fka Pimped Ob/Gyn)
Your Ob/Gyn Survival Guide: Tips and Tricks
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High yield resources and tips for your Ob/Gyn clerkship.

Youtube Playlist: http://bit.ly/pimped-ob

Books:

  • Netters
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology by Beckmann

Apps:

  • Pimped App – Clinical questions to expect in the OR and on the wards
  • Uptodate
  • Epocrates
  • GoodRx
  • LactMed – medications safe in breastfeeding
  • ASCCP: Cervical cancer screening
  • CDC STI guidelines
  • ACOG app/website
  • OB Wheel or dating

Tips and Tricks:

  • Be Proactive—talk to students who just finished the rotation about ways to be helpful and the day to day logistics.
  • Expectations: Ask for them to be set at the beginning. Clarify as needed.
  • Be Self-sufficient, but ask for help when appropriate
  • Before leaving for the day, ask when you should come in to round, who to pre-round on and where to meet.
  • Once or twice a week ask for feedback when everyone has a down moment.

Labor and Delivery:

  1. Gs & Ps aka Gravity and Parity.
  2. Primes, multips
  3. Gestational age Preterm vs term
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