PENTECOST UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
SOWUTUOM, ACCRA GHANA
COURSE TITLE: EMERCENCY CARE IN MIDWIFERY
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FACULTY OF ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
2020/2021 ACADEMIC YEAR
COURSE OUTLINE FOR LEVEL 400 SEMESTER 2
COURSE CODE: MWFP408
CREDIT HOURS: 2
LECTURER: MRS EVA AHIATAKU KPALAM
This course is designed to equip the student midwife with knowledge, skills, and attitude to
diagnose, manage and or refer emergencies in midwifery practice. This includes emergency
management of ectopic pregnancy, premature rapture of membranes, eclampsia, preeclampsia
By the end of the course, the students’ midwife would be able to;
1. Assess patient in coma for underlying causes.
2. Assess the type of emergency based on history and physical examination.
3. Perform the ABC resuscitation.
4. Discuss the influence of maternal condition on the fetal condition.

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5. Assess degree of shock and maternal fetal condition and manage or refer.
6. Identify the causes of any bleeding present.
Second semester, Level 400, Bsc Midwifery
Pentecost University College, main Sowutuom, Accra
Approved summative assessment End of semester Exams(60%) , Mid Semester(20%), Individual
and group assignment(15%), Attendance(5%)
Goer, H and Romano, A (2012). Optimal care in childbirth. Classic day publishing.
Hall, J (2001). Midwifery mind and spirit. Amsterdam. Elsevier.
Page, L. A. (2006). The New Midwifery, 2nd edition. London. Churchill Livingstone.
Wickham, S. (2009). Midwifery, Best Practice, Vol 3. Amsterdam. Elsevier.
Klein, S., miller, S., Thompson, F. (2013). A Book for Midwives; care for birth and women’s
Health. Berkeley. Hesperian Foundation.
Mckay-Moffat, S., Lee, P. (2010). A Pocket Guide for Student Midwives. New Jersey. Wiley-
Blackwell.
Course Lecturer
Name: Eva Ahiataku Kpalam
Email: eahiataku@yahoo.com
Phone:0208617285
Study schedule
TOPIC TEACHING LEARNING
METHOD EXPERIENCE
 Lectures and discussions videos
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Week 29 May, 2024 Introduction, ground rule, Lectures and discussions
one expectation, group assignments
Week 5th June, 2024 Diagnosis and emergency Lectures and discussions
two management of ectopic
pregnancy
Week 12th June, 2024 Premature rapture of Lectures and discussions
three membranes
Week 19th June, 2024 Severe preeclampsia, Eclampsia, Lectures and discussions
four
Week 26th June, 2024 Prolapsed umbilical cord, Abortion, Lectures and discussions
five
Week 3rd July, 2024 Lectures and discussions
six Antepartum hemorrhage
Postpartum hemorrhage
INTERIM ASSESSMENT EXAMS
Week 8th /10th July, 2024
seven INTRA SEMESTER PRACTICALS
th
Week 17 July, 2024
eight
Week 26th /24th July, 2024
nine
Week 31st July, 24 Acute abdomen,
ten Severe anemia
7st
Week August, 2024 Assessment of patients in coma, Assessment of mental state
eleven
Week 14th August, 2024 Assessment of blood loss, Manual removal of retained placenta and products
twelve
Week 21st August, 2024 Administration of parenteral oxytocic, anticonvulsants, Assisted vaginal
thirteen delivery.
Transportation of patients in critical condition
Week 28th August, 2024 Revision
fourteen
Week 2nd September- 14th Final exams
fifteen - September
sixteen