Fetal heart rate auscultation 3rd edition wisner k holschuh c the use of intermittent auscultation ia for fetal surveillance during labor decreased with the introduction of electronic fetal monitoring efm the increased use of efm is associated with an increase in cesarean births ia is an evidence based method of fetal surveillance during labor for women with low risk pregnancies and considered one component of comprehensive efforts to reduce the primary cesarean rate and promote . In the past decade fetal heart rate monitoring has become a generally ac cepted method for fetal surveillance during pregnancy and labor although its importance has been doubted recently i personally feel that this method has become an important obstetric tool it has not only improved our knowledge about fetal behavior and fetal condition throughout gesta tion but it has especially . In the past decade fetal heart rate monitoring has become a generally ac cepted method for fetal surveillance during pregnancy and labor although its importance has been doubted recently i personally feel that this method has become an important obstetric tool it has not only improved our knowledge about fetal behavior and fetal condition throughout gesta tion but it has especially . No matter what career stage youre in awhonns fetal heart monitoring program has an education course for you as the recognized leader in fetal heart monitoring education awhonns in person and online formats are convenient evidence based and the essential tools for educating the entire team 97 of students who participated in awhonns fetal heart monitoring program stated it . Fetal heart rate monitoring is widely used by almost every obstetrician as a way to document the case and to help decrease health care costs this is a short reference on the physiologic benefits intrumentation application and interpretation of fetal heart rate monitoring the second half of the book uses actual fhr strips and casers to illustrate various anomalies fetal distress fetal