A best practices approach to treating maternal hemorrhage: Titus Regional Medical Center : Mount Pleasant, Texas

A best practices approach to treating maternal hemorrhage: Titus Regional Medical Center : Mount Pleasant, Texas

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Maternal health case study (American Hospital Association)
Contributor(s):
American Hospital Association, issuing body.
Publication:
[Washington, D.C.] : American Hospital Association, February 2020
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Maternal Health
Maternal Mortality
Postpartum Hemorrhage -- therapy
Texas
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
More than seven years ago, Pamela West, M.Ed., R.N., director of women’s and children’s services at Titus Regional Medical Center, was working in the labor and delivery unit at a hospital near the Texas-Mexico border when she experienced the tragedy of a young mother bleeding to death after giving birth to twins. This devastating incident forever changed West. As a result, she dedicated her career to addressing the causes of maternal mortality, particularly emergent situations involving maternal hemorrhaging. In 2016, West brought her knowledge to Titus Regional, a 174-bed hospital located in Mount Pleasant, Texas. Although the hospital had a massive transfusion protocol in place, West observed that the post-partum recovery unit – where most maternal hemorrhaging occurs – was not optimizing best practices. At that time, Titus Regional was above the Texas and national averages for maternal morbidity – specifically for cases related to hemorrhaging. In response, Titus began making changes to adopt best practices in maternal safety.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918418088906676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918418088906676