Postpartum Mental Health Crisis

This Drill Kit tests the emergency response to a postpartum mental health crisis occurring in an outpatient care setting including urgent transport of a postpartum client either by EMS or private vehicle to the Emergency Department.

Identify and respond to a postpartum mental health crisis in the community setting.
Utilize appropriate tools and referrals for assessing perinatal mental health.
Identify and respond to social and clinical risk factors for perinatal mood disorders.
Review ways to promote person-focused care during emergencies.
Use debriefing skills to promote equity and ensure integration of individual and collective learning.

Home birth practices
Birth centers
Outpatient care facilities
Urgent care centers
Critical access hospitals without OB services
Other facilities or units requiring patient transport for emergency surgery (e.g. emergency department)

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Postpartum Mental Health Crisis

Learning Objectives

This drill kit is appropriate for:

And may further engage:

To test the process of outpatient emergency transfer

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