Connecticut Urgent Maternal Warning Signs Bracelet Initiative – EMS/ED Training, 9/8

The Connecticut Urgent Maternal Warning Signs Bracelet Initiative — a state-funded effort led by the Connecticut Perinatal Quality Collaborative (CPQC) — aims to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality by improving clinical awareness of potential postpartum complications and conditions. Starting this fall, birthing hospitals across the state will provide postpartum patients with an orange bracelet that signals to healthcare professionals and emergency personnel that the wearer is newly postpartum, enhancing recognition of and response to urgent maternal warning signs.

The Bracelet Initiative educates healthcare providers on standardized lifesaving protocols to ensure a safer postpartum experience for birthing persons.

This important virtual webinar on Monday, September 8, is specifically designed to train emergency medical services (EMS) personnel and emergency department (ED) providers to support individuals wearing an orange bracelet.

Audience: first responders and emergency department staff

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Explain the significance of timely recognition and response to postpartum complications in preventing maternal morbidity and mortality
• Describe how to rapidly and appropriately respond to postpartum emergencies in the field using identified clinical protocols
• Discuss the clinical and contextual information related to postpartum status and warning signs necessary to handoff to receiving providers in an accurate and timely manner

Webinar Presenters:

• Jen Dowe, Director of Perinatal Specialty Programs, Hartford HealthCare
• Kelley Reddington, Perinatal Safety Nurse, Trinity Health Of New England

Continuing education (CE) credits are available.