Out-of-hospital births and the experiences of emergency ambulance clinicians and birthing parents: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency ambulance clinicians attend a wide range of prehospital emergencies, including out-of-hospital births (OOHBs). Intrapartum care comprises approximately 0.05% of emergency medical services' caseload, with only ~10% of intrapartum cases progressing to birth in emergency ambulance clinician care. However, this low exposure rate potentially allows obstetric clinical skills and knowledge to decay, which may impact on patient care. Additionally, unplanned OOHBs are known to have a higher incidence of complications and adverse outcomes than their counterparts born in hospital, such as postpartum haemorrhage or hypothermia. This scoping review will explore OOHBs and associated complications in emergency ambulance clinician care, investigate birth parent, significant

SUBMITTER: Hill M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9134164 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature