The umbilical cord is wrapped tightly around the baby's neck and you have tried unsuccessfully to slip the cord over the head. what should your next course of action be?

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Raymond Reynolds

Biology

5 February, 17:17

The umbilical cord is wrapped tightly around the baby's neck and you have tried unsuccessfully to slip the cord over the head. what should your next course of action be?

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Hannah Good · Answer 1

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The next course of action should be to Clamp the cord in two places and cut it in the middle.

The umbilical cord is wrapped tightly around the baby's neck and you have tried unsuccessfully to slip the cord over the head. The next course of action is to clamp the cord in two places and cut it in the middle.

Explanation;

The umbilical cord is the tube that connects an unborn baby to its pregnant mother. It runs from the belly of the fetus to the placenta, and is not directly connected to the mother's circulatory system.

When the umbilical cord wraps around a baby's neck 360 degrees, it is called a nuchal cord. A nuchal cord may cause harm to a baby, especially if the cord is tight around the neck, wrapped more than once around the neck, or where low amniotic fluid permits cord compression.