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If someone needs immediate help with emergency birth, use emergency mode.
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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Labour progressing rapidly — birth imminent before ambulance arrives.
The essentials if you need to act right now.
Call 112. Do not pull baby. Wipe nose. Dry and skin-to-skin. Keep warm.
What might I see? Observable signs — no diagnosis required.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Strong urge to push, visible crowning, contractions under 2 minutes apart.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cannot reach hospital in time per dispatcher.
Optional deeper explanation — not required to act.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Second and later babies often deliver faster than first.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Most births proceed without pulling — mother pushes naturally.
Check the scene before you approach.
Civilian-safe actions you can take.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 on speaker. Gather clean towels blankets.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Wash hands if possible. Privacy for mother.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Support head as it emerges — one hand per side not pulling.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If cord around neck — loop over head if loose or clamp and cut only if tight and no help.
When and how to get professional help.
All births need post-delivery hospital evaluation.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Catch and dry baby. Do not cut cord early unless not breathing and no help.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — 112 — birth in progress contractions crowning status.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Second responder prepare warm dry area.
Dangerous actions, when not to attempt rescue, and common myths.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT pull baby by head or arms.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT cut cord unless baby not breathing and emergency requires.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pull the baby out quickly when head appears
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Gentle support prevents perineal tear and brachial nerve injury. Mother's pushes deliver baby.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Birth injury from pulling.
Other scenarios in the same family.
Breech delivery
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Breech presentation delivery imminent — higher risk than head first.
Pregnancy CPR
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Cardiac arrest in pregnancy requires CPR with left uterine displacement.
Pregnancy choking
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Airway obstruction in pregnant woman — chest thrusts not abdominal thrusts.
Cord prolapse
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — After membranes rupture cord slips into vagina ahead of baby — compresses and kills baby fast.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Mother and baby both need hospital within hours — bleeding check.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Delayed cord clamping preferred when baby breathing.