AHA podcast: Providing better care to women who experience postpartum hemorrhage, hypertensive emergency
Postpartum hemorrhages occur in 1%-5% of women who have a baby. In this Members in Action podcast, maternal health experts at The Children's Hospital of San Antonio join Aisha Syeda, program manager of strategic initiatives at the AHA, to discuss a program designed to help hospitals conduct simulation drills on their labor and delivery unit to provide better care to women who experience a postpartum hemorrhage or hypertensive emergency during pregnancy. Listen here.
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