L10: Safe Childbirth

L10 (Safe child birth) :

_🔴Safe child birth :

a complex but physiological process necessitating, sometimes difficult, sometimes complicated steps that prevent adverse outcomes for the mother and her newborn child.

_When is it safe to deliver baby: after 24 weeks (MCQ)

_🔴Major direct causes of maternal mortality:

1-Haemorrhage

2-Infection(sepsis)

3-Eclampsia

4-Obstructed labor

_🔴WHO safe childbirth Checklist :

simple quality improvement tool that reminds healthcareworkers to deliver high-quality care from admition till discharge

_🔴Four pause points (Four sections):

1-On admission

2-Just before pushing (or before Caesarean)

3-Soon after birth

4-Before discharge