Hello Tracy Starling,
Have you thought about working in Ceduna, South
Australia. We are looking at beginning midwifery led care (ante, intra and
post natal care with great support of medical and hospital staff) and need
midwives. Alas, don't quite have 600 deliveries a year, more like 60, b
Hello
Does anyone know where to find a quote that childbirth is
a lifelasting/life changing experience? I am using it to back up my
statement for continuity of care which continues for the
postnatal period. Someone mentioned it may be a WHO recommendation -
if so, where will I find it?
Hi Marilyn,
In response to the air ambulance not taking multiparous
women in labour
If it was an obstructed labour, the air ambulance would
probably not be called instead we would call the Retrieval team. The
Retreival team would probably consist of obstetrician, neonatologist,
anaethet
I think it is up to us in rural communities to
ensure these services remain available. Yes, Marilyn we do have air
ambulance and RFDS available plus retreival teams from major centres.
Having said that RFDS in SA will not accept a multi labouring women for transfer
via the air - this is un
Hi Macha
I am a midwife from a remote rural town in SA that
has had no midwifery or obstetric service for just over 12 months now. The
women (about 70 of them) have to travel a minimum of one hour to get to one
hospital that does have these services, though most travel 400 - 800 kms away at
Hello Janine
Hoping I can be of some help. I had to have
radioactive iodine to kill off any thyroid cells I had left due to removal of my
thyroid gland from cancer. This was done in 1998. I also was
concerned how the radioactive iodine would affect my fertility, but I was
assured that t
