Introduction
Step Up Together Drill Implementation Toolkits support interdisciplinary clinical teams to run emergency drills involving transfer of care.
Each toolkit can be used to run a Full Transfer Drill that begins in the community, travels by ambulance or private vehicle, and ends in the hospital or to run just one segment of the drill (e.g. before transfer or after hospital hand-off). The toolkit includes a standardized high-fidelity case designed to test the process of transferring a postpartum person from one location to another with an interdisciplinary team involved in the care. Observation criteria and a Debriefing and Action Guide are provided to elicit continuous improvement of transfer processes and respectful care along the continuum.
Drill Description
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.
It is appropriate for:
- 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)
And may further engage:
- EMS or other emergency transport partners, if appropriate
- Emergency Department, Neonatologist, and other relevant units at the referral hospital
To test the process of:
- Outpatient Emergency Transfer
