Title:

Intelligent Intermittent Auscultation in Labour (IIA)

Description:

Intelligent Intermittent Auscultation (IIA) of the fetal heart is the recommended method of fetal monitoring for all women who are considered at low risk of fetal hypoxia during labour. It is therefore a fundamental skill of all midwives in any birth setting.

This programme aims to improve safety for mothers and babies in low risk labour and birth by improving the knowledge, skills and confidence of midwives to undertake intermittent auscultation of the fetal heart in an intelligent manner (IIA). This will ensure early recognition of deterioration or abnormalities in the fetal heart rate and situations requiring escalation and a move to continuous electronic fetal monitoring are recognised in a timely manner.

Created:

6 Jan 2020

Last Major Update:

18 Jan 2022

Keywords:

Intelligent Intermittent Auscultation; Pinard, Doppler, Fetal Heart, low risk pregnancy, labour, baseline heart rate, professional responsibility, maternity, midwives, midwifery, maternity support worker, MSW, neonatal