Severe Range Blood Pressure in Pregnant Patient

This Drill Kit tests the emergency response to an antepartum severe range blood pressure occurring in a community setting including emergency transport of a pregnant patient.

Identify and respond to a severe-range blood pressure in a pregnant individual in the community setting.
Review ways to promote person-focused care during emergencies.
Identify and respond to social and clinical risk factors for preeclampsia and eclampsia.
Recognize social determinants of health.
Identify the need for a higher level of care and initiate appropriate hospital transfer.
Practice collaboration that adheres to relevant transfer protocols with warm hand-offs across levels of care.
Communicate effectively and with dignity, with the patient, support people, and additional healthcare personnel in the event of an antepartum transfer.
Use debriefing skills to ensure integration of individual and collective learning.

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

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Severe Range Blood Pressure in Pregnant Patient

Learning Objectives

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To test the process of antepartum emergency transfer.

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