Module overview
This module builds upon the knowledge and skills base within the Additional care needs; Antenatal and Intrapartum to be able to engage clinically with obstetric and neonatal emergencies. This module also has a link with the Enhanced Postnatal and Neonatal care module whereby you are encouraged to consider the impact of such an emergency on the health and wellbeing of both the mother and neonate. By the end of this module you will have the knowledge and skills to be an active team member during obstetric emergencies within the clinical setting.
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Evaluate the skills required to recognise, respond to, and manage, within the scope of practice, maternal, fetal and neonatal deterioration and emergency situations.
- Review and apply the evidence base appropriate to the pathophysiology linked to emergency scenarios.
- Identify and justify the skills required for discussion/negotiation with other professionals within the obstetric/neonatal emergency scenario.
- Demonstrate the ability to take responsibility for your own professional development linked to risk assessment and skills rehearsal in obstetric and neonatal emergencies.
- Recognise and articulate the importance of team-working in the best interests of women, fetus/neonate.
Syllabus
- Antepartum Haemorrhage i.e. abruption, placenta previa, uterine rupture
- Postpartum haemorrhage
- Uterine Inversion
- Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
- BLS and maternal collapse
- Maternal Sepsis
- Maternal anaesthetic emergencies
- Shoulder dystocia
- Cord prolapse
- Vaginal breech birth
- Neonatal resuscitation and support of transition
- Team working and effective communication, leadership and situational awareness, Human factors and debriefing
Programme threads are linked throughout and include:
- Infant feeding principles
- Medicines management
- Mental health and well-being
- Values Based Enquiry Journey
- Making every contact count
- Continuity of carer
- Leadership
- Coaching
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
- Skill Rehearsal
- Group work
- Scenarios and Role play
- Self-directed learning
- Structured reflection
- Quizes
- Technology enhanced learning activities
| Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Practical classes and workshops | 24 |
| Preparation for scheduled sessions | 20 |
| Wider reading or practice | 58.5 |
| Completion of assessment task | 40 |
| Revision | 30 |
| Lecture | 15 |
| Total study time | 187.5 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Access to the local Maternity Services for theoretical and skills rehearsal.
Internet Resources
RCM/RCOG joint statement on multidisciplinary working.
Textbooks
Johnson, R. and Taylor, W. (2010). Skills for midwifery Practice. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Stables D and Rankin J (eds) (2010). Physiology in Childbearing. Elsevier.
Williamson A and Crozier K (2008). Neonatal Care: A Textbook for Student Midwives and Nurses. Lantern Publishing Ltd.
Winter C, Crofts J, Draycott T, Muchatuta N. (2017). Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training PROMPT course manual. Cambridge University Press.
Johnson R and Taylor W (2010). Oxford Textbook of Women and Mental Health. Open University Press.
Downie G, Mackenzie J and Williams A (2013). Calculating Drug Doses Safely. Churchill Livingstone.
Bass, J., Fenwick, J., Sidebotham, M (2017). Development of a Model of Holistic Reflection to facilitate transformative learning in student midwives,’ Women and Birth. Elsevier: Australian College of Midwives.
Chapman V and Charles C (2013). The Midwife’s Labour and Birth Handbook. John Wiley and Sons Limited.
Assessment
Assessment strategy
To pass this module you must achieve a grade of 40 % or more from the OSCE assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Formative Assessment
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Formative assessment feedback will be via peer and academic feedback within the skills rehearsal activity
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Objective Structured Clinical Examination | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
| Method | Percentage contribution |
|---|---|
| Objective Structured Clinical Examination | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: External