Basic Classes
- Taking Vitals – Learn to take and assess the blood pressure, pulse, reparations, and temperature.
- Physical Exams – Basic physical and breast examination.
- Client History – What you need to know about your clients and why it’s important.
- Prenatal Exams – Using a gestational wheel, urine dips, blood pressure, fetal heart tones, fundal height (3 pregnant volunteers are needed)
- Interpreting Lab Results – What’s normal and what to do with abnormal results.
- S.O.A.P. Notes – How to chart using soap notes and how it can save your practice.
- Blood Draws & Finger Sticks – Technique and practice (volunteers are needed)
- Pelvic Exams – Pelvimetry, cervical visualization, pap smear/thin prep collection.
- Cervical Exams – Locating the cervix, assessment of dilation, effacement and station.
- Labor Aids & Comfort Measures - Helping women who are poorly tolerating.
- The Labor Process – Understanding the normal labor patterns and progress.
- Catching Babies – Delivery of the baby and dealing with nucal cords, hands and arms.
- The Newborn – Assessment of newborn vitals, estimating gestational age and the newborn exam.
- 3rd Stage and the Placenta – Delivery of the placenta, inspection and massaging the uterus.
- Understand Ultrasound – Learn to read reports, understanding terms and results.
- Midwifery Myths – The truth about common misconceptions in Midwifery (fundus fiddling, cord traction, castor oil etc).
Advanced Classes
- Blood Pressure Issues in Pregnancy – Understanding the differences of blood pressure readings and the complications associated with them.
- LGA, Macrosmia, SGA & IUGR – Differences and causes of large and small birth weight.
- Gestational Diabetes – assessment and risk’s of GD
- Prolonged Rupture of Membranes – Management of PROM and when to intervene
- Artificial Rupture of Membranes – When and why ARM would be done.
- Causes of Failure to Progress – Understanding why FTP happens and how to help your client.
- Fetal Assessment – How to monitor and assess what you hear.
- Optimal Fetal Positioning – Assessing fetal presentation in labor and maintaining proper positioning.
- Meconium Staining – Recognizing the different degrees of meconium staining and what steps should be taken.
- Surprise Breech Delivery - Dealing with an unplanned breech and its risks.
- Cord Prolapse – Causes and dealing with cord prolapse.
- Shoulder Dystocia - Risk factors and how to handle a SD.
- RDS & HMD – Understanding Respiratory Distress Syndrome/Hyaline Membrane Disease, signs and symptoms and what steps to be taken.
- Post-Partum Hemorrhage – Management of PPH
- Writing Protocols – Using your law and skill to write protocols and practice standards.
- Writing Informed Consents – Using informed consents to better inform clients of high risk situations.
- Suturing - Prevention, equipment, technique for repairing first and second degree tears, small labial tears.
- Advanced Suturing - Technique for repairing third and fourth degree tears, deep labial and clitoral.
- The Midwife and Medwife – What Midwifery ‘Hat’ do you want to wear and when to change it.
If your group needs a class that is not listed, classes can be customized for each groups needs. Alyson needs to be notified 6-8 prior to the workshop in order to prepare.
For those who need NARM, MCU, NMI or any other program paperwork signed, you must show that you have a good comprehension of the topic, show proficiency in the hands-on skill (if applicable) and successfully complete tests in order for skills to be signed off.