Re: [ozmidwifery] EFM on satellite systems

[sharon]

sue that is sad, i also work at a large hospital in adelaide and this certainly never happens as it is hospital protocol that all women who are on ctg have a midwife with them, i hope your expereinces elsewhere are better than that particular one. regards ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Cookson To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 10:19 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] EFM on satellite systems Hi, I was a student at a large Adelaide hospital and last year I witnessed most of the midwives staying at the front desk for most of the time watching 'their' women's CTGs. I found it appalling - that we as students were observing this as modern midwifery management; that the women were treated with such lack of compassion and skill; that this was a large teaching hospital - no wonder most of the young doctors have no idea about normal birth. Needless to say I complained to appropriate sources and have refused to revisit that hospital for a clinical placement. Let me get a sore back and dirty knees any day and maybe I'd also have some idea of the woman I was assisting through birth and some idea of how I could help her achieve what she wanted. Sue the efm on satellite systems does not subsitute for the registered midwife in the rooms. We have this at the hosp that i work in  and you still have to stay in the room with the woman whilst she is labouring. Not all clients are on moniters  and some are intermittenly monitored with a doppler hand held. I find this appaling that the midwives can even think of not bieng in the room with the woman and her partner during labour. They are used as a sort of backup so the shift co-ordinator can see what is happening in the room and also for the medical officer who is always in the labour ward to glance at sometimes as the individual midwife in the room's ability may be on different levels it is like a saftey system i guess for both the woman and the midwife attending her. regards ----- Original Message ----- From: Kelly @ BellyBelly To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 1:25 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] EFM on satellite systems I was at a birth the last few days @ RWH and the midwives were telling me hospitals (RWH included) are soon changing to new EFM machines which are linked to a satellite system, so women can be monitored by the midwives from the ward desk. They were joking about it too, how they could have a loudspeaker go off and ask them to adjust the monitor next, should it not be in the right spot. Does anyone know anything more about this and what are your thoughts? One to one midwifery care seems further off sometimes, which is very, very sad Best Regards, Kelly Zantey Creator, BellyBelly.com.au Gentle Solutions From Conception to Parenthood BellyBelly Birth Support - http://www.bellybelly.com.au/birth-support __________ NOD32 1.1454 (20060321) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.nod32.com