Midwife

The certificate of the midwife of the emergency room for coming poor patients of the city ​​of Sevastopol , issued by A. Savitskaya in 1907.

Obstetrician ( fr. Accoucher - help during childbirth ^[1] ) is a paramedic, a specialist in obstetrics who provides assistance to pregnant women and women in labor (during childbirth ). In Russia, to work as a midwife, you need to get a secondary specialized education in the specialty “Medical and obstetric care”. Qualifications: “obstetrician (ka)”, “medical assistant-obstetrician”. It should not be confused with a doctor obstetrician-gynecologist (higher medical education).

Functions of midwives in the system of state obstetric care in the Russian Federation:

• reception of normal childbirth;
• Assistance in certain obstetric and gynecological operations
• first obstetric and gynecological care;
• preparation of tools for a specialist appointment;
• help to the doctor when examining a woman;
• taking smears for all types of studies (histological, bacteriological);
• statement of directions for analysis and expert advice;
• patronage of women in labor and pregnant women;
• conducting medical examination of patients and maintaining documentation on their medical examination;
• psychological preparation of the pregnant woman for childbirth;
• if necessary, conducting pediatric work of the FAP ;
• assistance to an obstetrician-gynecologist in conducting a pathological birth.