Management of labour
This task assesses the following clinical skills: … ● Patient safety ● Communication with patients and their relatives ● Information gathering ● Applied clinical knowledge … You are a ST5 doctor in the antenatal clinic. You are asked to see Lucy Rogers who is a 32- year- old lady in her second pregnancy. She is currently 21 weeks pregnant with a normal detailed ultrasound scan of her baby. She is booked under consultant care having had shoulder dystocia (SD) with her first child Molly two years ago. You have had a chance to review the previous delivery records. Mrs Rogers had an uneventful pregnancy and normal labour. The baby’s head delivered normally but then had a shoulder dystocia which required McRoberts manoeuvre and suprapubic pressure for delivery of the anterior shoulder. Molly weighed 3.5 kilogrammes with Apgar scores of seven and ten at one and ten minutes. The head to body delivery interval was three minutes. She is developing normally with appropriate milestones. Mrs Rogers is very apprehensive about having another shoulder dystocia as it was very traumatic experience. She is seeking reassurance but also quite disappointed that this was not predicted and a proper explanation was not provided at the time. You have 10 minutes for this task (+ 2mins initial reading time). Please read instruction to candidate and role player After initial consultation about the previous pregnancy and SD, tell the candidate that Mrs Rogers is keen to avoid a caesarean section and wants to go ahead with a vaginal delivery. Ask the candidate to explain the options of mode of delivery to Mrs Rogers along with pros and cons. What can be done to prevent this and what is the course of action if it happens again? Can you provide reassurance? You are Lucy Rogers, 32- year- old mother of two- year- old Molly. You had a straightforward pregnancy with Molly and a normal delivery which was unfortunately complicated by shoulder dystocia (difficulty in delivery of the baby’s shoulders after delivery of the head). Although, Molly is doing absolutely fine and growing normally, you are extremely worried about having another shoulder dystocia (SD). It was all very traumatic experience for you and your husband Nick. You are also disappointed and slightly annoyed that this was not predicted and no proper explanation was provided at that time.