Ante-natal Health Screening and Neo-natal Health Screening.
Lesson Objectives To know some examples of tests carried out on Pregnant women. To be able to explain why these tests are important.
Ante-natal Ante = Before Natal = Birth
Checks in Pregnancy Weight / Height Urine Tests Blood Tests Blood pressure checks Rhesus disease Anaemia Diabetes
Checks on Unborn baby: Scans / Blood tests Inherited disorders such as Sickle Cell, Thalassemia and other blood disorders. Screening for Down Syndrome.
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/screening-tests-abnormality-pregnant.aspx#close
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/pregnancy-and-baby/pages/screening-amniocentesis-downs-syndrome.aspx#close
Laptops Log on and go to website: http://www.genomicseducation.ca/prenatal_case/book.html Read and work through the case study
Neo Natal Screening. Neo = New Natal = Birth
Neonatal Screening What sorts of tests do you think might be carried out on new born babies? Measurements (Weight / Height) Hearing Tests Heel prick blood test.
Measurements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBQpFEQ9LlU
New Born Heel Prick tests
New-born Screening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rocBvlyQFK4
Class Work Task: Complete your Health Screening leaflet from last lesson. Complete your immune system poster.