Using emergency obstetric drills in maternity units as a performance improvement tool

Birth

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-50

  Osman, Hibah ^a   Campbell, Oona M R ^b   Nassar, Anwar H ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drills; Obstetric emergencies; Team response

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC DRILLS; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL PLANNING; HOSPITAL POLICY; HOSPITAL PURCHASING; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEBANON; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSTETRICS; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ECLAMPSIA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LEBANON; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SIMULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UTERINE HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 61649086748     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2008.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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