A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . nta prcevia; when merely theedge of the placenta extends over the opening it is termed mar-ginal placenta pravia; and when the placenta is simply attachedlow down on the uterine wall, near the os but not overlapping it,it is called lateral placenta pravia. In any case the condition forms a distinct obstruction to de-livery, and the first symptom is a sudden discharge of bright redblood without any pain and apparently for no particular first hemorrhage is rarely fatal, but any subsequent one mayresult in the death of the
A nurse's handbook of obstetrics, for use in training-schools . nta prcevia; when merely theedge of the placenta extends over the opening it is termed mar-ginal placenta pravia; and when the placenta is simply attachedlow down on the uterine wall, near the os but not overlapping it,it is called lateral placenta pravia. In any case the condition forms a distinct obstruction to de-livery, and the first symptom is a sudden discharge of bright redblood without any pain and apparently for no particular first hemorrhage is rarely fatal, but any subsequent one mayresult in the death of the mother before any surgical assistancecan be obtained. At the first appearance of bleeding of thischaracter the nurse should send the patient to bed, give one- PLACENTA PREVIA. 95 sixth grain of morphine hypodermically, summon the physician,and prepare for an immediate operative delivery,—usually a ver-sion. It is needless to say that all preparations for labor shouldbe made without the patients knowledge, to avoid the possi-bility of causing her any
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