In Australia some uni's may teach this skill, at Charles Darwin Uni, we
do teach manual removal and bimanual compression because if you are out
remote you could save a life. I would think curricula vary on whether
this skill is taught in UG or not.
Jenny
On 5/04/2013 8:51 AM, Morwenna Williams wrote:
> Hi Jo,
> I'm an Australian midwife and the two procedures that you are
> describing are not taught to midwives in their training or any time.
> They are considered practices only performed by obstetric medical staff
> and considered out of keeping with a midwives scope of practice.
>
> I actually find this quite concerning that these procedures are taught
> to midwives. From my knowledge, in Australia most often the women who
> require a manual removal of placenta are taken to the operating theatres
> and this procedure attended under a GA or under epidural or spinal
> anaesthetic if the woman already had one insitu for her labour and
> birth. If the woman has a working epidural or spinal then this procedure
> might be attended in the birth unit.
>
>
> Just my thoughts!
>
> Morwenna.
>
> Morwenna Williams
> Clinical Midwifery Consultant Orange, Bathurst, Molong, Blayney and
> Oberon.
> Western LHD
>
> C/O Orange Health Service
> Women and Infant's Unit
>
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>
>
>>>> Jo Holland <[log in to unmask]> 4/04/2013 11:31 pm >>>
> Hi
>
> Please can any one help with the following:
>
> The NMC Standards for Pre-Registration Midwifery Education, on page 27
> state the following:
>
> "Undertake appropriate emergency procedures to meet the health needs of
> women and babies.
> Emergency procedures will include:
> ● manual removal of the placenta
> ● manual examination of the uterus
>
> Please can you advise if this is taught as standard pre-registration
> training for midwives in other areas/countries. I understand that this
> is taken from an EU directive and am partucularly interested to see if
> within Europe it is taught as
> an emergency care skill alongside the breech and PPH training as well
> as in other parts of the world.
>
> I would be greatful of any information asap as am writing an essay for
> my Supervisor of Midwives training due in in 2 weeks!
> Look forward to hearing from you.
> Thanks
> Jo
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