VACUUM EXTRACTION

• The use of cup suction as traction to deliver fetus in vertex presentation; more physiologic than forceps.
• Complications are: trauma to fetal head and brain tissues, vagina and cervix, and post partum hemorrhage.
• Main nursing diagnosis: Fear and fetal or maternal injury.
• Nursing Implication: Health teachings, constant monitoring of fetal-maternal vital signs, Pump suction apparatus per protocol.