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Instructions For Use
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Hints on Monitoring
TOCO
Transducer
Transducer positioning for Ultrasound
monitoring
Ultrasound
Transducer
• Make sure the transducer is placed in the optimum position. Avoid positions with strong placental
sounds (swishing) or the fetal cord pulse at the same rate as the fetal heart.
• If the fetus is in the Occiput Anterior presentation and the mother is supine, the clearest heart sound
will normally be found on the midline below the umbilicus.
• It is not possible to monitor the fetal heart rate unless an audible fetal heart signal is present. It is
important to distinguish the fetal pulse from the maternal pulse. To do this, feel the mother’s pulse
during the examination, or monitor Maternal HR with eMHR or MSpO
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