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Enhanced Maternal Care

'Women who are pregnant or recently pregnant can become unwell suddenly with catastrophic consequences for mothers, babies and their families if deterioration isn’t recognised and acted upon quickly.'

Dr Debbie Horner
Deputy Medical Director, Bradford Teaching Hospitals
(Lead author of  the ICS 
Enhanced Maternal Care Units: Guidance on Development and Implementation)
Guidance
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Enhanced Maternal Care Units: Guidance on Development and Implementation (ICS 2023)

MBRACE-UK Mothers and Babies Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK

Royal College of Anaesthetists (ROCA) (2018) Care of the Critically Ill Woman in Childbirth: Enhanced Maternal Care

Reducing the Risk of VTE during Pregnancy and Puerperium. Green - top Guidance No 37a. Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (April 2015)
Educational Resources
CC3N Maternal Competencies (2024)

Example 1 Checklist for Pregnant/Postpartum admission to critical care

Example 2 Checklist for Pregnant/Postpartum Critical Care Admission

Example Critical Care Maternal Alert Bedhead Sign

Example of Critical Care Maternal Handover Sticker

Link to MEaCC Conference 2024
Resources
Development of a national early warning score: centile based score development and Delphi informed escalation pathways (Gerry et al, BMJ 2024)

Acute Care Toolkit 15 Managing acute medical problems in pregnancy. RCoP (2019)

Resuscitation Council UK - Obstetric Cardiac Arrest (2021)

BUMPS - Best Use Of Medicine in Pregnancy

MOMS - MacDonald Obstetric Medicine Society
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  • Home
  • About the Network
    • Critical Care Units >
      • Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
      • Bradford Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
      • Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
      • Mid Yorkshire NHS Hospital Trust
      • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust >
        • Leeds General Infirmary
        • St James's Hospital
      • Harrogate & District Hospital
    • Network Team
    • Contact us
  • Network Forums
    • Meeting Dates
    • Clinical Advisory Board
    • Senior Nurses Forum
    • Transfer >
      • Transfer Training Faculty Area
    • Rehabilitation / AHP Forum >
      • Delirium
      • Rehabilitation Package
    • Education >
      • Post Registration Critical Care Courses
      • Nursing Leadership Programme
    • Outreach
    • Pharmacists Forum
    • ACCP Forum
    • Benchmarking Group >
      • Best Practice Education Tools
      • Proning
  • Patient Information
  • Guidelines
    • National Standards
    • National Clinical Guidelines
    • National Operational Guidelines
    • Emergency Planning Resources
    • Critical Care Transfers
    • Spinal Referrals
    • Burns Referrals
    • Paediatric Resources
    • Enhanced Maternal Care
    • National Procedure Checklists
  • Critical Course @ LTHT
  • Staff Wellbeing
  • Professional Nurse Advocate
  • DOS