Corometrics 145 - Uterine Activity Recording; Equipment Needed Urine

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SECTION

4

UTERINE

ACTIVITY

RECORDING—

TOCODYNAMOMETER

Equipment

Needed

A)

Tocotransducer

B)

Strap

(Reusable

or

disposable)

Procedure

1.

Explain

monitoring

procedure

to

patient.

2.

Place

strap

under

patient.

3.

Connect

the

transducer

cable

to

the

side

panel

UA

connec-

tor.

Depress

POWER

and

RECORD

pushbuttons

if

off.

4.

Depress

UA

Reference

pushbutton

for

1

second.

(Count

“one,

one

thousand’’).

5.

Insert

the

strap

through

one

slot

of

the

tocotransducer.

6.

Place

the

transducer

on

the

maternal

abdomen

over

the

uterine

fundus

or

where

there

is

the

least

maternal

tissue.

7.

Insert

the

other

end

of

the

strap

into

the

remaining

slot

and

tighten

sufficiently

to

hold

the

transducer

securely

in

place.

The

tracing

on

the

recorder

should

plot

approximately

one

third

of

the

way

up

from

the

bottom

on

the

UA

scale

(between

contractions).

a

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Paper

Advance

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