Fetal Heart Monitoring Interpretation and Intrapartum Management
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Jointly Sponsored by FOJP Service Corporation and Mount Sinai School of Medicine
This activity has been approved for 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
The NYSNA has approved this course for 6 contact hours via Continuum Services
The American College of Nurse Midwives (ACNM) has granted 0.6 specialty credits for this activity, Course #2007/104
Nursing Contact hours provided by Continuum Services.
Continuum Services is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This program is assigned approval code 6P2LJZ-PRV-0642 and has been awarded 6 contact hours.
This program expires on June 2011.
Purpose
This online course is intended to sensitize the user to the importance of using the structured NICHD language to categorize the attributes of FHM tracings and to incorporate this information into the communication between providers and clinical staff during the management of labor and delivery. Awareness of the implications of fetal heart tracings, along with appropriate management can help improve outcomes and promote patient safety, quality of care and reduction in professional liability.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity participants should be able to:
Define and describe key fetal heart monitor (FHM) features including the baseline, variability, accelerations and decelerations, and distinguish them from artifacts
Define the basic physiological principles responsible for variations in normal FHM tracings and the diagnostic criteria involved in the recognition of indeterminate and abnormal patterns
Differentiate between respiratory and metabolic acidosis
Critically evaluate the process and methods for the determination of fetal acid base status
Recognize normal, indeterminate and abnormal fetal heart patterns
Explain the indications and contraindications of available therapeutic interventions
Course Content
FHR Variability and Clues to Assessing Fetal Well-Being
Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC)
FHR Decelerations: Interpretation and Management
The Progress of Labor
Rapid response
Multiparity
Each case study walks users through timed segments of labor management and tests clinical judgment in interpreting and responding to FHM tracings. Clinical information is provided on pop-up narratives to set the stage for each scenario and fetal tracings accompany the clinical information on each screen. As users progress through each timed segment of labor management, the course tests users’ knowledge and provides relevant didactic education. In addition to offering several case studies, the course also includes a Pattern Recognition Workshop that allows users to practice and self-test in recognizing FHM patterns according to the latest NICHD criteria. Throughout the course, references can be accessed at the “View References” tab to expose users to evidence-based literature and resources that support the practice standards included in the course.
“Advisor’s Opinions” tabs enable users to access an audio-video feature where specialists in obstetrics and maternal fetal medicine provide opinions and comments relative to the topics covered in the various sections throughout the course.
Accreditation
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council
for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Mount Sinai School of Medicine and FOJP Service Corporation.
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Credit Designation
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM.
Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Verification of Attendance will be provided to all professionals.
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How to Receive Credit
When you have completed all requirements, including the course evaluation,
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For questions about registration or course material, or for technical problems send e-mail to the FOJP help desk, at: RiskEFM@fojp.com
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For other questions, contact the designated course coordinator at your hospital.
Faculty Disclosure Statement
It is the policy of Mount Sinai School of Medicine to ensure objectivity, balance, independence, transparency, and scientific rigor in all CME–sponsored activities.
All faculty participating in the planning or implementation of a sponsored activity are expected to disclose to the audience any relevant financial relationship and to assist in resolving any conflict of interest that may arise from the relationship.
Presenters must also make a meaningful disclosure to the audience of their discussions of unlabeled or unapproved drugs or devices.
This information will be available as part of the course material.
Faculty Disclosures
The faculty have no relationships to disclose, see explanation above.
Faculty
Course Director
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology
and Reproductive Science
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Medical Director, TK OP LLC
Senior Vice President and
Chief Medical Officer
FOJP Service Corporation
Assistant Clinical Professor
Department of Obstetrics
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Consultant, TK OP, LLC
Chairman, Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology
Yale School of Medicine
Consultant, TK OP, LLC
Associate Professor
Division Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine
Director Perinatal Ultrasound
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Consultant, TK OP, LLC
Director of Quality Improvement, OB/GYN
Department of Obstetrics,
Gynecology and Reproductive Services
The Office for Excellence in
Patient Care
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Performance Improvement Coordinator
The Office of Excellence in Patient Care
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Clinical Nurse Manager
Maternal Child Health Nursing
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Vice President Risk Management
FOJP Service Corporation
Operations Project Coordinator
FOJP Service Corporation
