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Hint : 🍼 Intact membranes = external monitor.

Correct Answers:

  • External ultrasound transducer monitor


Rationale :

🔷 With intact membranes, the safest and appropriate method for continuous fetal monitoring is an external ultrasound transducer, which does not require internal access.

🔷 External monitoring uses an ultrasound device placed on the maternal abdomen to continuously track the fetal heart rate (FHR) without breaking the membranes.

🔷 This method reduces risk of infection, fetal scalp trauma, and maternal tissue injury because it is noninvasive.

🔷 It is the standard first-line option for continuous monitoring when the fetus can be detected externally and the client’s membranes are intact.

🔷 It also allows ongoing assessment of fetal well-being (baseline, variability, accelerations, decelerations) while maintaining maternal-fetal safety.

Internal fetal scalp electrode

🔷A fetal scalp electrode requires ruptured membranes and sufficient cervical dilation so the electrode can contact the fetal presenting part.

🔷With intact membranes, it cannot be applied safely and increases risk of complications if attempted.

Transvaginal fetal Doppler probe

🔷A transvaginal Doppler is not used for continuous intrapartum monitoring in labor as a standard fetal monitoring method.

🔷Continuous monitoring is typically achieved by external ultrasound or internal electrode when membranes are ruptured.

DeLee-Hillis fetoscope

🔷A fetoscope provides intermittent auscultation, not continuous electronic fetal monitoring.

🔷It is also more user-dependent and does not provide continuous tracing needed for prescribed continuous monitoring.


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