FHR Pattern Identification and Labeling

LMS Medical Podcast series on CALM Patterns

• Development of the CALM Patterns - A Brief Introduction
  This presentation will review CALM Patterns, a software tool that provides impartial tracing analysis while highlighting significant persistent trends. The podcast will also review the relevance of birth related brain injury and present this specialized software that counters the “system” weakness contributing to obstetrical mishaps.
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CALM Patterns�

Monitoring contractions and FHR response is an integral part of OB care for women in labor, particularly when that labor is induced or augmented. CALM Patterns enhances that process by:

 - Providing automated calculations, so you can focus on patient care.

 - Providing continuous feedback on contraction frequency, average FHR baseline and variability

  - Analyzing FHR tracings using powerful automated pattern recognition software following NICHD definitions

Key Features

• Convenient access to see detailed analyses and trends simultaneously 
• Easily track fetal heart rate  reactions and response to medications
• Quickly review or navigate throughout the entire tracing 
• Alerts that are set according to your preferences regarding contraction rate and persistence criteria.
• Summary information/calculations provided automatically

Application

• Real time during labor-Immediate feedback and status
• Retrospectively for education or quality improvement-Simplify and augment strip and chart review
• Bedside or remote access-Enhance OB team communication  
• Operates with standard fetal monitors and compliments investment in existing fetal surveillance system

NOTE :  CALM  Patterns is to be used only by or on the order of a physician.