Saving Mothers' Lives Flashcards
1
Q
Top ten recommendations
A
Pre-pregnancy counselling (pre-existing conditions)
Professional interpretation cervices
Communications and referrals (low-threshold)
Potentially serious medical conditions: immediate and appropriate MDT care
Clinical skills training
Identifying and managing very sick women (MEOWS)
Treat systolic HT
Genital tract infections/sepsis
Serious incident reporting
Pathology
2
Q
Top 3 direct causes of maternal death
A
1 Sepsis
2 Pre-eclampsia
3 Thromboembolism
(Bonus point: Cardiac (indirect) most common cause overall)
