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DeLee suction
(suckers) units (USA term) are what you are referring to. Small
plastic disposable units in sealed packs.
A great back-up if the
twinovac fails in an emergency.
I have several but like
Lisa have never had to use them.
Mine are called Mucous
Extractors one from:
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 9:17
AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] ARM at
crowning
Hi Lisa,
The birth center
was run by Americans and bulb suctioning was I must admit a bit of a thing
with them, don't know why. (they also put Erythromycin into all the babies
eyes within one hour of birth to guard against gonorrheal conjunctivitis,
apparently this is required by law in all 50 USA states!) I only suction
now if there is mec or at resus. I did bring back a little suction pot like
the one your talking about and its in my kit so I know what you mean, looks
like its meant to be disposable, has a non return valve two tubes and holds 20
mls. The brand is argyle, I've looked but I cant find a picture
link. They must be lots cheaper than a twin o vac. Julie:)
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 6:27
AM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] ARM at
crowning
A twin o vac new costs around $900 and then there is the
annual cost of hiring the O2 cylinder which is relatively
inexpensive.
Andrea Quanchi
On 06/06/2006, at 11:41 PM, Lisa Barrett wrote:
Hi, Julie,
I am an independent midwife
and I use bi manual suction. I have a suction tube with a little pot
and none returnable valve, I suck on end and the other goes into the
baby's mouth. I'm from Wales and this was common practice at home in
the community and in theatre where there was no wall suction. That's
quite a recent addition to some establishments. Do you know how
expensive a twinivac is!!!!!
Saying all that I hardly ever
use it. It has no foundation to be of any benefit. Born
in the Caul though I could see it may help a lot.
Lisa
----- Original Message
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Sent:
Tuesday, June 06, 2006 7:39 PM
Subject:
[ozmidwifery] ARM at crowning
Hi all,
I worked at a birth center in the Philippines last year where there was
no intervention in labour including ARM, most women had a srom shortly
before the birth of the head and others who had a srom early in labour
often had less than perfect fetal positioning associated with
this. There was often a rather exiting time where you hold a
towel as the head is crowning with bulging membranes at the
introitus awaiting an almighty
splash with the next contraction. We used a a bulb
syringe on these babies as they were a bit "wet" and gurgley when they
came out. The traditional birth attendants told me that they suction
with their own mouths! A few babies, maybe five percent were
born in the caul, they looked like little bank robbers with stockings
over their heads. I particularly remember one who drew the
membranes into his mouth gasping as I was frantically trying to break
them with my hands. Not surprisingly these babys seemed to
have particually tough membranes. As far as controlling the head
went, I cant remember it being a problem as hands were poised most of
the time and we had fairly good perineal outcomes.
Hope this helps,
Julie:)
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