{"id":426,"date":"2025-01-29T09:58:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T09:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/obstetrics-hdu\/"},"modified":"2025-07-03T10:11:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T09:11:31","slug":"obstetrics-hdu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/registered-midwives\/obstetrics-hdu\/","title":{"rendered":"Obstetrics HDU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This course offers senior midwives the opportunity to enhance their skillset and further their knowledge of caring for unwell women in the high dependency environment.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/7827.jpg\" alt=\"Mum in bed with new baby being attended to by healthcare worker.\" class=\"wp-image-821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/7827.jpg 384w, https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2025\/02\/7827-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"media-credit\">John Young | NHS Photo Library<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Target staff group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Midwives currently working in Labour ward\/ Obstetric HDU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-requisites<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Experienced band 6 registered midwife credential<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minimum 8 months labour ward experience as a band 6 midwife<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Team leader &amp; line manager approval to attend course &amp; fulfil follow-on requirements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trust mandatory training up-to-date<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Basic life support (BLS) updated<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IV cannulation\/ IV medicines management competency completed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning outcomes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recognise a deterioration in a patient and apply a systematic assessment using an A+E assessment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increase knowledge of obstetric and non-obstetric conditions that may require HDU maternity care.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Demonstrate an understanding of the midwives role in caring for invasive lines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build on knowledge of escalation and discuss suitable NHS Lothian referral pathways and assessment tools which would benefit women who receive HDU care.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information contact <a href=\"mailto:loth.clinicalskillstraining@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk\">loth.clinicalskillstraining@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This course offers senior midwives the opportunity to enhance their skillset and further their knowledge of caring for unwell women in the high dependency environment. Target staff group Midwives currently<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":419,"menu_order":55,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-426","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"davidmcbain","author_link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/author\/davidmcbain\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"This course offers senior midwives the opportunity to enhance their skillset and further their knowledge of caring for unwell women in the high dependency environment. Target staff group Midwives currently","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":993,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions\/993"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/cet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}