Nurse-Midwives’ Roles in Preventing Primary Postpartum Haemorrhage

Authors

  • Parichat Arayajaru ฺBoromarajonani College of Nursing, Ratchaburi, Faculty of Nursing, Praboromarajchanok Institute, Ministry of Health
  • Rassamee Srinon Boromarajonani College of Nursing, Ratchaburi, Faculty of Nursing, Praboromarajchanok Institute, Ministry of Health
  • Chiraporn Anucha ฺBoromarajonani College of Nursing, Ratchaburi, Faculty of Nursing, Praboromarajchanok Institute, Ministry of Health

Keywords:

Nurse-midwives’ roles, Primary postpartum haemorrhage, Preventing postpartum haemorrhage

Abstract

      Postpartum Haemorrhage is an important obstetric emergency due to it is a common life-threatening complication that commonly found as a top rank of the causes of death among postpartum women in Thailand. Although the nature of childbirth in every postpartum woman has a certain amount of blood loss from normal childbirth but there are still several postpartum women having a serious life-threatening blood loss during postpartum.

      Postpartum haemorrhage is a preventable and a treatable issue by complying with the nurse’s role management, assessment with 4Ts, and healthcare providers’ teamwork to promptly prevention, diagnosis, and management. This academic article aims to present a current knowledge from a literature review relating to recommendations for the prevention of primary postpartum haemorrhage. Moreover, concerning to the nurse-midwives' roles to enhance the benefits for those postpartum women who under the midwives’ services to receive a standard of care to meet the highly benefit for postpartum women.

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2022-12-28

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