INTERVENTIONS FOR FETAL BRADYCARDIA

• Check that you're not picking up maternal heart rate
• Check for Cord Prolapse
• Stop Oxytocin (if being given)
• Give O2 to mom--Actually increases fetal O2 sats (Am. J. Obs. Gyn. 195:735, 2006--AFP)
• Change maternal position, e.g. to lateral decubitus position
• Check maternal BP
• Run IVF wide open
• Change in position (lat. decub)
• Scalp stimulation--give between decels, not during; to assess degree of fetal compromise

(Sources include 2002 Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics course syllabus; American Academy of Family Physicians)