Connecticut Urgent Maternal Warning Signs Bracelet Initiative – Community-Based Healthcare Provider Training, 9/15

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 15, is specifically designed to train healthcare providers at community-based organizations to support individuals wearing an orange bracelet.

Audience: community providers who work with pregnant and postpartum people, such as: WIC staff, home visiting staff, community health center staff, lactation consultants, community doulas, health department staff, OBGYN offices, urgent care center staff, and pediatrician office staff

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

• Discuss best practices to providing clear, culturally responsive education to birthing patients and families about postpartum warning signs, including when and how to seek emergency care, how to communicate symptoms clearly, and how to confidently advocate for the care they need
• Describe common barriers special populations may face in recognizing and responding to postpartum warning signs
• Explain best practices to referring clients to trusted, culturally responsive community resources that address postpartum needs

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.