Course Module
Suturing - Microsoft Word document*
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Online Resources
Handbooks
- Tear Prevention and Treatment Handbook, part of the Midwifery Today Holistic Midwifery series, available at midwiferytoday.com: http://www.midwiferytoday.com/merchant2/merchant.mv?Store_Code=MT&Screen=PROD&Product_Code=C514TR
- Build the pelvic model provided in Healing Passage, 6th Edition and also available online: see NMI website Suturing module web resources - http://www.midwiferybooks.com/pdf-files-for-healing-passage.html
Female Genital Cutting Websites
- http://www.theheartradio.org/solos/mariya - Moving personal account of self-discovery and interactions with gynecologists from a woman who grew up in the United States after being circumcised as a young girl in Pakistan (podcast)
- http://www.thebigroundtable.com/stories/damage/ - Essay version of above podcast
- http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/04/female-genital-mutilation-cutting-anthropologist/389640/ - "Why Some Women Choose To Get Circumcised"
- http://womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/female-genital-cutting.html - "Female Genital Cutting"
- http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/female-circumcision-debate/4630478 - "Why We Should Stop Using the Phrase 'Female Genital Mutilation'"
- http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-march-3-2016-1.3473947/doctor-develops-alternative-rite-of-passage-without-female-genital-mutilation-1.3474192 - Doctor Develops Alternative Rite of Passage Without Female Genital Mutilation
Suturing Videos
Running Subcuticular Suturing
Demonstrates running subcuticular suturing
5:50 minutes
Hand Ties
Demonstrates hand ties
34:36 minutes
Instrument Tie
Demonstrates instrument tie
2:48 minutes
Perineal Laceration Repair
Demonstrates chicken thigh as suturing model and begins with 3rd degree repair, then 2nd degree repair
8:13 minutes
Perineal Repair Continuous
Demonstrates three stage repair, perineal repair continuous
9:22 minutes
Perineal Repair
Shows use of cutting needle for subcutaneous perineal stitches
9:12 minutes
Perineal Assessment and Repair
Shows perineal assessment and repair
5:28 minutes
Kegels Websites
- http://www.pelvicpainrehab.com/pelvic-pain/507/why-kegels-are-bad-for-your-pelvic-floor/ - "Why Kegels Are Bad For Your Pelvic Floor"
- http://breakingmuscle.com/ - Articles by Nicole Crawford
- http://www.livealigned.ca/2012/04/15/what-difference-does-it-make-how-i-squat-as-long-as-im-trying/ - Instructions on squatting
Kegels Videos
Kegals Demonstration
You Don't Know Squat, Katie Bowman
3:10 minutes
Evaluation
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