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Multidisciplinary training in obstetric emergencies

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‘Making the right way the easiest way’, is the strong message conveyed in MIDIRS latest podcast.

‘Making the right way the easiest way’, is the strong message conveyed in MIDIRS latest podcast. In this podcast, Mr Tim Draycott, consultant obstetrician, North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT), talks about the active ingredients of effective multiprofessional training in improving maternal and neonatal safety outcomes. The podcast is free to download and can be accessed by visiting www.midirs.org/podcast. While most births in the UK are completely safe, some births are less safe than they could, or should be. It is recommended that ‘safe teams’ are the key to improving safety in maternity services, whereby multiprofessionals — midwives, obstetricians and others — work together and train together within their own maternity units to try and achieve the best outcomes for the mothers and babies in their care. Practical obstetric multidisciplinary training (PROMPT) has been running effectively for a number of years at NBT and has been found to be effective in: reducing the incidence of low Apgar scores; reducing hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) by 50%; reducing the decision-delivery interval for cord prolapse and the associated use of general anaesthesia by 50%; and achieving a 70% reduction in brachial plexus injury following shoulder dystocia. To date, the PROMPT course has been taught in around 65% of UK maternity units and has been rolled out to the U.S, Italy, China, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and the Cook Islands and is about to start in Mongolia. For further information visit: www.prompt-course.org

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