BASIC EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE
(BEMOC)
• Facilities established to provide emergency obstetric
care for every 125,000 population, in coordination
with DOH, and which are strategically located.
• The BEMOC strategy calls for families and
communities to plan for childbirth and upgrade
technical capabilities of local health providers.
• Recommended Schedule of postpartum Visits:
- 1st after 24 hours
- 2nd 1 week after
- 3rd 2 weeks after
• Basic emergency obstetric and newborn care
(BEMONC) is a primary health care level initiative
promoted in low- and middle-income countries to
reduce maternal and newborn mortality
Basic Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care
(BEmONC) Provider
• Is a capable private health facility or an appropriately
upgraded public health facility that is either a rural
health unit (RHU) and/or its satellite barangay health
station (BHS) or hospital capable of performing the
following emergency obstetric functions:
(1) Parenteral administration of oxytocin in the third
stage of labor;
(2) parenteral administration of loading dose of anti-
convulsants;
(3) parenteral administration of initial dose of
antibiotics;
(4) performance of assisted deliveries in imminent
breech;
(5) removal of retained placental products ; and
(6) manual removal of retained placenta
• It is also capable of providing neonatal emergency
interventions, which include at the minimum,
newborn resuscitation, provision of warmth, and
referral.
• The hospital BEMONC shall also be capable of
providing blood transfusion services.
• These facilities can likewise serve as high volume
providers for IUD (intra-uterine device) and VSC
(voluntary surgical contraception) services. It can also
be a single or stand alone facility or part of a network
of facilities in an inter-local health zone.
Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn
Care (CEmONC) Provider
• is a tertiary level regional hospital or medical center,
provincial hospital or an appropriately upgraded
district hospital.
• It can also be a capable privately operated medical
center. It is capable of performing emergency
obstetric functions as in:
- BEMONC provider facilities, as well as provides
- surgical delivery (caesarean section) and
- blood bank transfusion services, and
- other highly specialized obstetric interventions.
- it is also able to provide emergency neonatal care,
which include the minimum:
> newborn resuscitation;
> treatment of neonatal sepsis/infection;
> oxygen support; and,
> antenatal administration of (maternal) steroids
for threatened premature delivery. It can also serve as
high volume providers for intra-uterine device (IUD)
and voluntary surgical contraception (VSC) services.