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Table 4 Procedures performed by paramedics

From: Victorian paramedics’ encounters and management of women in labour: an epidemiological study

Procedures and medications

Number

Incidence (%)

Procedures

  

Advice given

14

0.9

Auto infusion

13

0.9

Cardiac monitor

164

10.8

Haemorrhage control dressing

14

0.7

IV Normal Saline Flush

24

1.6

IV Therapy

30

2.0

No interventions performed – just transport

900

59.3

Oxygen therapy

173

11.4

Pulse oximeter

28

1.8

Rest and reassurance

1321

87.1

Medications given

  

IV Fentanyl

1

0.07

Morphine

7

0.5

Methoxyflurane administration

582

38.4

Metoclopramide

2

0.07

Midazolam

1

0.07

IV Prochlorperazine

1

0.1

Salbutamol

3

0.2