Labor and Delivery Triage

• 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