About the Maternity Emergency Care Course

Maternity Emergency Care Course, CRANAplus

 

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Maternity Emergency Care course information

The Maternity Emergency Care course is endorsed by;

CRANAplus Inc

Royal College of Nursing Australia

Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine

and attracts 20 CNE points.

Description                          Description

This course was developed in consultation with the Australian College of Midwives & remote and rural health practitioners, following an identified need for a short course that specifically targeted maternity emergency care for non-midwives working in a remote or isolated setting.

Factors of geographical isolation, minimal staffing and poor transport results in delays in transporting patients to definitive specialist care, which necessitates core skills at the remote or isolated location to care for the pregnant patient - antenatal, intrapartum and post partum, in some cases for extended periods of time.

Declining obstetric services in rural and remote areas result in a generalist work force having to respond to specialist needs. The situation is compounded by the fact that the expectations of many remote consumers have changed. Some pregnant women are choosing to birth outside of regional tertiary centres.

This course would improve the quality of health services for the pregnant woman in remote and isolated areas, thereby improving overall health outcomes.

Graduates of this course will be able to:

  * demonstrate the principles of managing first line emergency care to a woman in labour and
  immediately following child birth
  * demonstrate the principles of managing a unexpected normal birth in an isolated setting
  * identify appropriate responses to the following maternal and neonatal complications

-  pre term labour
-  vaginal bleeding in pregnancy
-  birth asphyxia
-  post partum haemorrhage
-  hypertension
-  pre-eclampsia
-  maternal trauma

Target group:

Health professionals including Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Aboriginal Health Workers, Torres Strait Islander Health Workers, Paramedics and isolated practice General Practitioners practicing in isolated circumstances without the resources and assistance of formal or regular obstetric and midwifery services.

Area of implementation:

Across all states and territories in remote locations or regional centres as defined by the target group, allowing for maximum access.

Activity:

Course delivered in the form of a workshop, a combination of lectures and skill stations held over 2 & 1/2 days from Friday at 3pm to Sunday 5pm. Delivered by a core group of facilitators comprising specialist midwives, midwives practicing in a rural/remote communities and/or general practice obstetricians.

Lectures include:

  • normal birth
  • antenatal assessment
  • cultural safety
  • bleeding in pregnancy
  • diabetes in pregnancy
  • the unwell pregnant woman
  • PPH (post partum haemorrhage)
  • hypertension in pregnancy
  • routine care of mother and baby
  • uncommon events (breech birth, cord prolapse, shoulder dystocia)
  • neonatal resuscitation

The Maternity Emergency Care course costs:

Non-CRANAplus Member: $710.00 per person  to apply for CRANAplus Membership

CRANAplus Members: $560.00 per person

Sample Program/Course Content:

Friday Evening

1500 - 1515   Registration
1515 - 1530  Welcome and housekeeping
                      Intro to course and facilitators, structure of course, issues of maternity services in remote areas.
1530 - 1630     Antenatal care/assessment
1630 - 1730     Normal birth lecture, video and examination of a placenta
1730 - 1815   Cultural safety in childbirth
1815     Close
     
Saturday

0800 - 0830  Lecture: Neonatal resuscitation
0830 - 0950   Skill station (1 of 4)
                       (1) - Normal Birth
                       (2) - Uncommon events (breech, cord prolapse)
                       (3) - Postpartum haemorrhage
                       (4) - Neonatal resuscitation
0950 - 1010   Morning Tea
1010 - 1040     Diabetes
1040 - 1110   Hypertension in pregnancy
1110 - 1200   Abdominal palpation (4 groups with live models)
1200 - 1245   Lunch
1245 - 1330     Bleeding in pregnancy
1330 - 1430  Shoulder dystocia - mini lecture & skill station
1430 - 1550   Skill station (2 of 4)
1550 - 1610   Afternoon Tea
1610 - 1730     Skill station (3 of 4)
1730     Close
     
Sunday

0800 - 0915     Preterm Labour
0915 - 1035   Skill station (4 of 4)
1035 - 1055   Morning Tea
1055 - 1130     Routine care of mother & baby
1130 - 1215     Family violence in pregnancy & Maternal trauma
1215 - 1300   Lunch
1300 - 1400   Case studies
1400 - 1500  Video: Birth Rites 
1500 - 1630     Practical assessment 
         Afternoon Tea-  while assessments are being done
1630 - 1700  Evaluation
1700  Close