MODULE 19 Flashcards
Practices are evidence-based standards for safe and quality care of birthing mothers and their newborns, within the 48 hours of intrapartum period (labor and delivery) and a week of life for the newborn
ESSENTIAL INTRAPARTUM NEWBORN CARE
Early essential intrapartum newborn care
At the heart of the protocol are
FOUR TIME BOUND INTERVENTIONS
is a public health program designed to screen infants shortly after birth for a list of conditions that are treatable but not clinically evident in newborn period
NEWBORN SCREENING
A series of time bound chronologically ordered a standard procedures that a baby receives at birth
Can prevent at least half of newborn bed without additional cost to both families and hospitals
EARLY ESSENTIAL INTRAPARTUM NEWBORN CARE
It refers to life-saving services for emergency maternal and newborn conditions/complications being provided by a health facility or professional
Consist of the core district hospital
BASIC EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC AND NEWBORN CARE
Refers to life-saving services for emergency maternal and newborn conditions/complications as in basic emergency obstetric and newborn care plus the provision of surgical delivery and blood bank services and other specialized obstetric interventions
COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC AND NEWBORN CARE FACILITY
A major cause of postpartum hemorrhage and puerperal sepsis - both leading causes of maternal mortality
RETAINED PLACENTA
Both leading causes of maternal mortality
POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE AND PUERPERAL SEPSIS
Is a leading cause of child mortality, accounting for 11% of global under-five deaths annually
PERINATAL ASPHYXIA
Is a life saving procedure required when vaginal delivery places the life or health of the mother or baby at risk
it is the first of two additional signal functions required in facilities designated to provide CEmONC
CESAREAN SECTION
Is a life saving procedure for women suffering from postpartum hemorrhage
BLOOD TRANSFUSION
The leading single cause of maternal mortality
POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE
