Learning Outcomes:
On completion of this module students should be able to:
Examine the midwife’s role and responsibilities in the diagnosis and specialised care and management of a critically ill woman.
Provide a rationale for the specialised care and management of critically ill women with reference to best available research evidence.
Initiate and demonstrate appropriate management for women experiencing obstetric emergency situations, which may jeopardise the life and/ or well-being of the mother, fetus or both, in the hospital and community setting.
Identify how the midwife can promote key concepts of midwifery care such as partnership and advocacy when providing care in collaboration with the health care team.
Integrate effective record keeping strategies in the provision of high quality midwifery care, giving consideration of record keeping in obstetric emergency situations.
Critically engage with the requirement for continuous professional development and the changing boundaries of emergency midwifery practice.
Indicative Module Content:
Indicative Content:
Recognising and initiating care and management in the deteriorating patient
Maternal Collapse
Placental abruption
Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Shoulder dystocia
Maternal Mortality
Cord presentation and Cord Prolapse
Eclampsia
HELLP Syndrome
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy
Post-Partum Haemorrhage
Pulmonary Embolism
Septicaemia & Septic shock
Inverted uterus
Ruptured uterus
Cardiotocography
Psychological impact of adverse outcomes and trauma
Debriefing after a traumatic event for staff (2nd trauma)
Clinical Skills:
Cord prolapse
Shoulder Dystocia
APH
PPH
Maternal Collapse
Eclampsia
Sepsis