Emergency childbirth is the precipitous birth of an infant in an unexpected setting. In planned childbirth, mothers choose the location and obstetric team...
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Childbirth, also known as labour, parturition and delivery, is the completion of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the...
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An emergency medical technician (often, more simply, EMT) is a medical professional that provides emergency medical services. EMTs are most commonly found...
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Ottawa Valley. QCH focuses on its cornerstone health care programs: emergency, childbirth, Geriatric, mental health, rehabilitation, medical and surgical...
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which was followed by the 1942 Childbirth Without Fear. Historically, most women gave birth at home without emergency medical care available. The "natural"...
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basic, immediate care including bleeding control, CPR, AED, and emergency childbirth. An EMR, with the help of an EMT, can assume care for a patient while...
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Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are people who are specially trained to provide out-of-hospital care in medical emergencies, typically before the...
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are common following childbirth, with prevalence of 24–30.1% at six weeks, dropping to 13.6% at six months. Emergency childbirth is also associated with...
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Tokophobia (redirect from Fear of childbirth)
Tokophobia is a significant fear of childbirth. It is a common reason why some women request an elective cesarean section. Factors often include a fear...
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birth. Unassisted childbirth is by definition a planned process, and is thus distinct from unassisted birth due to reasons of emergency, lack of access...
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Maternal death (redirect from Death in childbirth)
declined 44% since 1990; however, every day 808 women die from pregnancy or childbirth related causes. According to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)...
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Caesarean section (redirect from Emergency caesarean)
rupture Prior problems with the healing of the perineum (from previous childbirth or Crohn's disease) Bicornuate uterus Rare cases of posthumous birth after...
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Pregnancy (redirect from Pregnancy and childbirth)
in a live birth, a miscarriage, an induced abortion, or a stillbirth. Childbirth typically occurs around 40 weeks from the start of the last menstrual...
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bleeding, childbirth, and cardiac arrest. Even with a fast response time by a first responder measured in minutes, some medical emergencies evolve in...
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Amniotic fluid embolism (category Pathology of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium)
An amniotic fluid embolism (AFE) is a life-threatening childbirth (obstetric) emergency in which amniotic fluid enters the blood stream of the mother,...
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Postpartum infections (redirect from Childbirth fever)
risk factors include emergency cesarean section, prolonged membrane rupture, prolonged labor, and diffuse difficult vaginal childbirth. PPD 7–21: mastitis...
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Childbirth positions (or maternal birthing positions) are the physical postures that the pregnant mother may assume during the process of childbirth. They...
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Paramedic (redirect from Emergency medical technician paramedic)
reduction Obstetrics, including assessment, childbirth, and recognition of and procedures for obstetrical emergencies such as breech presentation, cord presentation...
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health professional who provides basic and emergency care to women and their newborns during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. A birth attendant...
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Doula (category Childbirth)
doula's client) through a significant health-related experience, such as childbirth, miscarriage, induced abortion or stillbirth, as well as non-reproductive...
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Birth control (section Emergency)
birth control do not protect against sexually transmitted infections. Emergency birth control can prevent pregnancy if taken within 72 to 120 hours after...
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Postpartum depression (category Pathology of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium)
also called postnatal depression, is a mood disorder experienced after childbirth, which can affect men and women. Symptoms may include extreme sadness...
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Home birth (redirect from Home childbirth)
assisted women in childbirth. A special term evolved in the English language around 1300 to name women who made assistance in childbirth their vocation –...
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Complications of pregnancy (redirect from Complications of childbirth)
occur primarily during childbirth are termed obstetric labor complications, and problems that occur primarily after childbirth are termed puerperal disorders...
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PTSD: Medical complications before, during, or after childbirth: Pregnancy complications Emergency C-section Instrumental delivery Episiotomy Severe pain...
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two sites: the Markham site, with diagnostic and emergency services, and clinical programs in childbirth, children's health, surgery, medicine, cancer care...
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teaching hospital located in Winchester, Ontario. WDMH has a 24/7 emergency, childbirth centre and diagnostic imaging facilities including digital mammography...
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Dispatcher (redirect from Emergency service dispatcher)
lifesaving medical procedures such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, childbirth, and first aid. They may require certification. In the United States,...
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COVID-19 in pregnancy (redirect from COVID-19 in childbirth)
doi:10.1111/echo.15736. ISSN 0742-2822. "Q&A on COVID-19, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding". www.who.int. Retrieved 6 April 2020. Michael P Rimmer...
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British Columbia Ambulance Service (redirect from Emergency Physician Online Support)
EMA FRs may be endorsed to perform spinal motion restriction and emergency childbirth, utilize pulse oximeters, CO-oximeters, and glucometers, perform...
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