Obstetric operations and the role of a midwife

This work deals with operations performed in connection with pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. It is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part describes individual surgical interventions, their indications and the role of midwifes in them. It also opens up the topic of awareness of women and midwifes in these areas, which is followed by a research section that focuses on students of this field and their awareness and readiness to perform their role and education. The research part, in the form of a questionnaire survey, was aimed at midwifery students from five universities in the Czech Republic. It was focused on the competence of midwives to instrument caesarean sections. The research group consisted of a total of 80 female respondents. All students were female and were studying second or third year midwifery