Fetal Heart Tones Workshop

Workshop Schedule
Friday
Fetal Palpation and Positioning Day
8:00-9:30 AM Last Minute Registration, Sign In, Payment, and Seating
9:30 - 10:00 Professional Introductions
10:00 - 10:30 Introduction into Fetal Positioning
- Why?
- Presentations
- Positions
- Flexion
10:30 - 11:00 Supporting Families Prenatally
- Palpation
- Prenatal Optimal Fetal Positioning Exercises
- Referrals
- Gentle External Manipulation
11:00 -12:00 Intrapartum Skills
- Determining Fetal Position in Labor w/ Role Play
- External
- Internal
- Ultrasound
- Techniques for Realignment w/ Role Play
- Posterior
- Asynclitic
- Not-Engaged
- Head Extended
12:00 - 1:00 Potluck Lunch/Catch-up/Questions
1:00 - 2:00 Breech Presentation w/ Role Play
- Diagnosis
- Risks
- BASIC Maneuvers for VBB
2:00 - 3:00 Choosing Intervention
- Benefits/Risks
- Out of Hospital Interventions
- In Hospital Interventions
3:00 - 4:30 Hands on Practice with Live Models and Simulations
4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up
Saturday Schedule
9:00 - 9:30 am Last Minute Registration, Sign In, Payment, and Seating
9:30 - 10:00 Introductions/Follow-Up Questions from Friday's Training
10:00 - 10:30 Pro/Cons of Various Instruments & Calculation Methods
10:30 -12:00 Finding the Heartbeat in Various Gestational Ages
- Basic Palpation
- Using Various Instruments
- Interpretation
- Differentiating maternal, placental, fetal blood vessels, and fetal heart sounds
12:00 - 1:00 Potluck Lunch/Catch-up/Questions
1:00 - 3:00 Basics of Fetal Heart Tones
- Baseline
- Contractions
- Variability
- Accelerations
- Decelerations
- Change
3:00 - 4:30 Hands on Practice with Live Models and Simulations
4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up
Sunday Schedule

1:00 - 1:30 - Sign In & Follow Up Questions
1:30 - 3:30 Fetal Heart Tones in Labor
- When and How to Listen
- Interpretation
- Types of Decelerations
- Determining Variability
- EFM vs Doppler vs Fetoscope
- Out of Hospital Interventions
- Transfer
3:30 - 4:30 Hands on Practice with Live Models and Simulations
- Practice Various Positions
- Comparing Heart Rates to Contractions
- Practice Maneuvers to Improve Fetal Condition
4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up & Questions