Chapter 24
Getting medical help
In this chapter:
What medical centers and hospitals can provide................................................... 433
Lab tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Sonograms, Dopplers, and x-rays . . . . 434
Medicines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Transfusion
(giving blood through an IV) . . . . . 436
Tools for helping sick babies . . . . . . . 437
Tools for labor and birth
emergencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Getting to a medical center. ....................................................................................... 438
Decide quickly to get help . . . . . . . . . . 438
Working with medical centers and doctors............................................................. 438
At the medical center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
432