An apparently normal antepartum CTG, computerised or not, is not a 100% guarantee of fetal safety even within the next hour. These exceptional cases are fortunately extremely rare.

The STV is not a valid measurement if criteria are met.

Subjective assessment is too unreliable in clinical practice for assessing non-reassuring traces.

Approximately 80% of women have ‘criteria met’ when attending a triage unit.

The ultimate purpose of all CTG’s (ante -partum and intrapartum) is to prevent stillbirths