Managing Childbirth Emergencies in Community Settings

VIVIEN WOODWARD is Senior Midwifery Lecturer at Homerton College, Cambridge School of Health Studies, UK, and has worked as a midwife since the 1970's. This included practice as a community midwife attached to GP unit in Suffolk. KAREN BATES is Midwifery Lecturer and Course Director for Midwifery Post-Registration Studies, at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of East Anglia, UK. She has a particular interest in the midwifery management of emergencies during childbirth and undertakes expert witness work in all areas of midwifery practice. NICKI YOUNG is a Lecturer in Midwifery at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her research interests include clinical decision-making in midwifery and the midwifery care received by women who undergo termination of pregnancy for foetal abnormality.

Introduction: Setting the Context of the Book; V.Woodward Antepartum and Postpartum Haemorrhage in the Community; M.Bunting Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia; N.Young The Midwife's Management of Shoulder Dystocia; K.Bates The Birth of Undiagnosed Twins in the Community; P.Lindsay Managing Breech Presentation in the Absence of Obstetric Assistance; S.Burvill Neonatal Resuscitation in Community Settings; G.Boxwell The Paramedics Perspective; J.Scott & N.Taylor Risk Management and Other Legal Considerations; K.Crozier & A.Williamson Managing Childbirth Emergencies: Pre-registration and Post-Registration; K.Bates & N.Young Improving Working Partnership Through Interprofessional Education; V.Woodward