You Are Assisting a Mother with an Out-Of-Hospital Delivery

Multiple Choice

You are assisting a mother with an out-of-hospital delivery. After the head delivers, it immediately retracts back into the perineum. You should:

A) transport in the knee-chest position.
B) instruct the mother to drop her buttocks off the end of the bed.
C) gently pull downward on the infant's head.
D) instruct the mother to avoid pushing if possible.