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Sessions

Prepared or Scared? Responding to Postpartum Hemorrhage Emergencies

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Title: Prepared or Scared? Responding to Postpartum Hemorrhage Emergencies

Longhorn Hall D (Gaylord Grapevine)
Jacqueline B. Hiner, MSN/Ed, RNC-OB, CNS , Maternal Infant Services, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns, San Diego, CA
Kathryn Giddens, BSN, RNC-MNN , Maternal Infant Services Unit, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns, San Diego, CA
Jennifer Dullas, RN , Maternal Infant Services Unit, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborn, San Diego, CA

Discipline: Obstetric (OB), Professional Issues (PI)

Learning Objectives:
  • Review the role of the unit practice council in the development of the postpartum hemorrhage drill
  • Describe the education development and implementation of the postpartum hemorrhage drill.
  • Discuss the measurement and outcomes of the postpartum hemorrhage drill.

    • Submission Description:
    Maternal Infant Services Unit Practice Council identified a need to provide education to postpartum nurses on how to respond to a postpartum hemorrhage emergency. The council was empowered and supported to create a process that educated nurses on how to respond to a patient emergency of postpartum hemorrhage, utilize communication tools to communicate effectively, and measure their successes.

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