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Obstetric and Neonatal Emergency Care

When you'll study it

Term 3

CATS points

ECTS points

7.5

Level

Level 5

Module lead

Jennifer Lancaster

Academic year

2026-27

Module overview

This module will provide the theoretical and practical knowledge and skills you need to provide clinical care during obstetric and neonatal emergencies during the antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum period. This module will build upon your existing knowledge related to universal and additional care needs during the childbirth continuum. Teaching and learning in this module will complement the Enhanced Postnatal and Neonatal Care module, where you will be encouraged to consider the impact of obstetric and neonatal emergencies on the health and wellbeing of both the mother and neonate. By the end of this module, you will be able to risk assess and anticipate obstetric and neonatal emergencies and have the knowledge and skills to be an active team member to manage emergencies within the clinical setting.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Skill Rehearsal/Simulation Group work Scenarios and Role play Self-directed learning Structured reflection Quizzes Technology enhanced learning activities

Study time
Type	Hours
Preparation for scheduled sessions	25
Lecture	15
Wider reading or practice	19
Practical classes and workshops	24
Completion of assessment task	37
Revision	30
Total study time	150

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Improvement SBAR communication tool – situation, background, assessment, recommendation..

Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK (MBRRACE-UK).

Understanding Clinical Escalation.

RCOG and RCM joint statement on undermining and bullying in the workplace.

Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquiries across the UK (MBRRACE-UK) (2022) Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care: Lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity..

NMC: Revalidation.

Journal Articles

Bass, J., Fenwich, J., Sidebotham, M. (2017). Development of a Model of Holistic Reflection to facilitate transformative learning in student midwives. Women and Birth.

Textbooks

Johnson, R. and Taylor, W. (2023). Skills for midwifery Practice. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.

Stables, D. and Rankin, J. (2017). Physiology in Childbearing: : with Anatomy and Related Biosciences. Elsevier.

Salad, E. and Frush, K. (2012). Improving Patient Safety Through Teamwork and Team Training. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Chapman, V. and Charles, C. (2018). The Midwife’s Labour and Birth Handbook. John Wiley and Sons Ltd..

Williamson, A. and Crozier, K. (2008). Neonatal Care: A Textbook for Student Midwives and Nurses. Lantern Publishing Ltd..

Winter, C., Crofts, J., Draycott, T. and Muchatuta, N. (2017). Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training PROMPT course manual. Cambridge University Press.

Chandaraharan, E. and Arulkumaran, S. (2021). Obstetric and intrapartum emergencies: a practical guide to management.. Cambridge.

Downie, G., Mackenzie, J. and Williams, A. (2013). Calculating Drug Doses Safely. Churchill Livingstone.

Assessment

Assessment strategy

To pass this module you must achieve a grade of 40 % or more. You must meet all of the module learning outcomes.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Practical assessment

Assessment Type: Formative
Feedback: Formative assessment feedback will be via peer and academic feedback within the skills rehearsal simulation activities.
Final Assessment: No
Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Practical assessment	100%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Practical assessment	100%