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<p>About the authors ix</p> <p>Foreword, by Dame Lorna Muirhead, DBE, President of the Royal College of Midwives 1997–2004 x</p> <p>Preface xi</p> <p>Section 1 The Language of Midwifery</p> <p>Terms, abbreviations, definitions 1</p> <p>Section 2 Quick Reference Topics</p> <p>Conditions, procedures, emergency situations, supporting information, e.g. voluntary organisations 20</p> <p>Figures Flow / action charts</p> <p>1 Antepartum haemorrhage 31</p> <p>2 Neonatal resuscitation 38</p> <p>3.1 Cord prolapse – presentation at home 70</p> <p>3.2 Cord prolapse – presentation in hospital 71</p> <p>4 Apgar score 80</p> <p>5.1 Management of third stage of labour – physiological and active 82</p> <p>5.2 Management of third stage of labour – alternative active management 83</p> <p>6 Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) 95</p> <p>7 Eclampsia 97</p> <p>8 Genetic inheritance, e.g. PKU 163</p> <p>9 Post-partum haemorrhage – primary 178</p> <p>10 Post-partum haemorrhage – secondary 179</p> <p>11.1 Retained placenta – at home 202</p> <p>11.2 Retained placenta – in hospital 203</p> <p>12 Shoulder dystocia 208</p> <p>13 Uterine inversion 229</p> <p>14 Uterine rupture 231</p> <p>Diagrams</p> <p>1.1, 1.2, 1.3 Delivery of occipito-posterior position 84–85</p> <p>2.1, 2.2, 2.3 Delivery of face presentation 86–87</p> <p>3.1 Normal haemoglobin composition 110</p> <p>3.2.1, 3.2.2 Normal adult haemoglobins 110</p> <p>3.3 Normal fetal haemoglobin 110</p> <p>3.4.1, 3.4.2 Sickle cell haemoglobins 111</p> <p>3.5.1, 3.5.2 Alpha thalassaemia 113</p> <p>3.6.1, 3.6.2 Beta thalassaemia 114</p> <p>4 Heel prick sites 118</p> <p>5.1 to 5.9 Placenta types 166–170</p> <p>6 Stations of the head in the pelvis 233</p> <p>References 237</p>

<a id="REVIEWS_EXTRACT" name="REVIEWS_EXTRACT">"... clear, concise and well-presented guide…useful references throughout…essential for the student to gain further insight." (<i>Nursing Standard</i>, September 2006)</a>

<b>Stella McKay-Moffat and Pam Lee</b>, Faculty of Health, Edge Hill College, Ormskirk, Lancashire. Both Stella and Pam are very experienced midwives and midwifery lecturers, having taught a range of learners from pre-registration students to qualified staff.

<i>A Pocket Guide for Student Midwives</i> is a well structured, easy to read book offering student midwives everything they need to grasp the key elements of midwifery language, knowledge and skills.  <p>Section one includes relevant terms, abbreviations and definitions. Some of the language is colloquial in nature e.g. ‘paed.’(referring to a paediatrician) but is included to aid understanding and to encourage the use of correct terminology.</p> <p>Section two is a quick reference guide, enhanced by visual material to aid comprehension of normality and anomalies.  The innovative action flow charts enables rapid access to information that logically guides you through procedures in potentially life threatening situations, in both home and hospital settings.</p> <p>To further aid learning, information is included on midwifery skills, and common obstetric, neonatal and medical conditions that the student midwife may encounter during practice. The ability to quickly refer to an overview of new incidents or conditions will enhance the student’s confidence in participating in the provision of care for the mother and baby.  Additionally, the prompts for further activities and reading will offer direction to the student to build on the basics and to relate to local policies and practices, and professional issues.</p> <p><i>A Pocket Guide for Student Midwives</i> is suitable for the new non-nurse student midwife, as it addresses the relevant basic nursing skills, the experienced nurse entering the midwifery profession and senior student midwives alike.  Qualified midwives will find it useful as an ‘<i>aide memoire’</i>. </p>

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