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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Soaking pads or pooling blood within hours after delivery — life-threatening.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Continuous heavy bleeding after placenta delivered.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Pale skin fast pulse feeling faint soaked through multiple pads.
Scene hazards: Shock, Loss of consciousness
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. Lay mother flat.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Find fundus — firm massage at bikini line.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Empty bladder — full bladder prevents contraction.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Remove excess clots from vagina gently if visible at entrance only.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — 112 — postpartum hemorrhage amount consciousness.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Prepare for IV access on arrival.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Oxytocin misoprostol blood transfusion in hospital.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Retained placenta may need manual removal under anaesthesia.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT ignore bleeding because birth seemed normal.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT give oral fluids if vomiting or unconscious — follow dispatcher.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Bleeding for weeks after birth means current emergency
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Some lochia is normal weeks — emergency is heavy soaking pads hourly or clots with shock signs now.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Confusing normal lochia with active hemorrhage OR ignoring true PPH.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Uterus must contract to close blood vessels where placenta detached.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — PPH is leading cause of maternal death globally.