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