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Chapter 42 - Setting Up and Running Labour Ward Fire Drills

from Section 9 - Setting-Up Skills and Drills Training in Maternity Services and Reducing Avoidable Harm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2021

By
Jia Yan-Ju  and
Edwin Chandraharan
Edited by
Edwin Chandraharan  and
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Edwin Chandraharan
Affiliation:
St George's University of London
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Affiliation:
St George's University of London
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Summary

Key Areas Where Labour Ward Fire Drills May Be Used

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Obstetric and Intrapartum Emergencies
A Practical Guide to Management
 , pp. 307 - 310
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Kimmich, N, Zimmermann, R, Kreft, M. Video analysis for the evaluation of vaginal births: a prospective observational study. Swiss Med Wkly. 2018;148:w14634.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Gavin, NR, Satin, AJ. Simulation training in obstetrics. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2017;60(4):802–10.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

Further Reading

Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE). Saving mothers’ lives: reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer – 2006–2008. The Eighth Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths in the United Kingdom. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 2011;118 (Suppl. 1):1–208.Google Scholar
Crofts, JF, Bartlett, C, Ellis, D, et al. Training for shoulder dystocia: a trial of simulation using low-fidelity and high-fidelity mannequins. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2006;108 (6):1477–85.Google ScholarPubMed
Siassakos, D, Fox, R, Bristowe, K, Angouri, J, Hambly, H, Robson, L, Draycott, TJ. What makes maternity teams effective and safe? Lessons from a series of research on teamwork, leadership and team training. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2013;92(11):1239–43.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
van de Ven, J, Fransen, AF, Schuit, E, van Runnard Heimel, PJ, Mol, BW, Oei, SG. Does the effect of one-day simulation team training in obstetric emergencies decline within one year? A post-hoc analysis of a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2017;216:79–84.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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