“32 week pregnant female, en route to the hospital via ambulance. She is bleeding heavily with a suspected abruption. 10 minutes out.” I received the call at about 2am. I arrived at the hospital just before the ambulance. The elevator doors opened and two emergency medical technicians entered the Labor…
There has been a lot of talk lately about maternal mortality. A recent story published in ProPublica and NPR has been circulating social media, highlighting the problems with our labor and delivery system (Martin 2017). The story is heartbreaking, describing a preventable postpartum death in a young, healthy mother. While…