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Specialist availability

Specialist availability describes how quickly needed expert teams can be reached or mobilized during birth-related emergencies.

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Emergency care and specialist availability

Emergency care and specialist availability

Emergency care as a coordinated birth system In birth care, an emergency is not defined only by dramatic symptoms. It is any clinical situation in which delay could increase the risk of maternal, fetal, or newborn harm. Examples include severe hemorrhage, eclampsia, sepsis, uterine rupture, cord prolapse, shoulder dystocia, persistent fetal heart rate abnormalities, maternal […]