An exploration of maternity and newborn exposure, training and education among staff working within the North West Ambulance Service.
Aim: Providing emergency and urgent care to pregnant patients and newborns in the prehospital setting often presents some of the most challenging and complex incidents attended to by ambulance staff. A service evaluation survey was undertaken to explore current levels of maternity and newborn educat...
| Publicado en: | British Paramedic Journal Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 50 - 58 |
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College of Paramedics
Sep2022
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