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There are umbilical cord clamps which incorporate a knife. These clamps are safer and faster, allowing one to first apply the cord clamp and then cut the umbilical cord. After the cord is clamped and cut, the newborn wears a plastic clip on the navel area until the compressed region of the cord has dried and sealed sufficiently.
The Umbilical cord stump, left behind after omphalotomy. Omphalotomy is the medical procedure that involves the cutting of the umbilical cord after childbirth. [1] The word omphalotomy is derived from the prefix omphal(o)-, from the Ancient Greek word ὀμφαλός (omphalós), meaning navel, and the suffix-tomy, also from Ancient Greek, meaning incision.
A washout, also called an irrigation, [31] is performed by pushing saline or sterile water into the channel using a syringe connected to a catheter. [31] The water is pulled back out when the syringe is withdrawn and the process is repeated until the mucus is cleared. [ 31 ]
Items are needed to clamp or tie the umbilical cord in two places. Shoestrings or strips of a sheet folded into narrow bands may be used. [17] These items can be sterilized by boiling (20 minutes) or soaking in alcohol (up to 3 hours). [17] Scissors or a knife are needed to cut the umbilical cord and may be sterilized with the same procedure. [17]
For shallow water surface supply air diving, the diver's umbilical is typically a 3-part umbilical comprising a 3 ⁄ 8 inch (9.5 mm) bore breathing gas hose, 1 ⁄ 4 inch (6.4 mm) bore pneumofathometer ("pneumo") hose, and diver communications cable, which usually also serves as a lifeline strength member. The pneumo hose is open at the diver ...
In a less obtrusive way, a trocar button can be used in place of a suture. It is attached to a suction hose, usually attached to a water aspirator, but an electric aspirator can also be used. The process of removing gas, fluids, and semi-solids from the body cavities and hollow organs using the trocar is known as aspiration.
The baby has only about an ounce more blood then his/her weight at the time born. For example a 9-pound infant only creates 10 ounces of blood (300 ml). To clamp the umbilical cord early to take away the rights of the infant of the nutrients of the placenta blood, is to violate equal security to the child.
An umbilical line is a catheter that is inserted into one of the two arteries or the vein of the umbilical cord. Generally the UAC/UVC (Umbilical Artery Catheter/Umbilical Vein Catheter) is used in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) as it provides quick access to the central circulation of premature infants .