Electronic Fetal Monitoring

MAYDAY Series: Ref #2 ~ A Quick History of Fetal Monitoring as a Verb: Auscultation ~ and names of physician-inventors

by faithgibson May 31, 2019

A quick history of fetal monitoring: Auscultation ~ verbs, nouns, and names of physician-inventors The first person to report hearing the sound of an unborn baby’s heartbeat was a 17th century physician by the name of Dr. Marsac. A contemporary of his, a Dr. Killian, was the first to ponder the possibility that the rate and rhythm […]

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MAYDAY Series: Ref #1 ~ EFM as a Public Health Screening Program: The Arithmetic of Failure” by Dr David Grimes

by faithgibson May 31, 2019

A “Must Read” as part of our Mayday 2019 series Begin with this link, which has references from studies on efficacy of EFM published in professional journals between 1969 & 1978     Re-posted from: American College of  Community Midwives (ACCM)   A professional organization for Community Midwives   Easy-to-copy-&-share link ~ https://tinyurl.com/y3d2dgus “EFM as a Public […]

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Mayday series: Wrap-up Part 2 (of 2) Final Words & Action Plan

by faithgibson May 31, 2019

Word count 1600 Easy-to-share Link: https://tinyurl.com/y67nkt4c Wrap up of Mayday series: Introducing a *new vocabulary* Final Word & Action Plan ** The Bigger Picture and new vocabulary for the kind of maternity care that best serves the needs of healthy childbearing women and their families and is most cost-effective Maternity care and obstetrical services are […]

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Mayday Series: Part 1 (of 2) Wrap-up & Final Words

by faithgibson May 30, 2019

Easy-to-share link ~ https://tinyurl.com/yxfx7d8u Word count 1300 Conclusion of the Mayday Series ~ Part 1 ~ Be sure to read Acton Plan in Part 2  This series began with big (and embarrassing) questions about the contemporary practice of obstetrics in America. The most central of all was simply: “Why has American obstetrics strayed so far […]

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MAYDAY Series: 4-D ~ Routine use of EFM as failed public health strategy — Trying to build a better mousetrap instead of building a better foundation

by faithgibson May 14, 2019

Editor’s Note: This is the very last post in this series. However it is followed by peer-reviewed studies (full text or substantial excerpts) cited in the Mayday series and essays based on the scientific literature by practicing obstetricians. Please read them as well. The disappointing choice by the obstetrical community to focus on obstetrical technology […]

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