Evaluation of the Midwives, Practices toward Management and Prevention of Postpartum Hemorrhage at Delivery Rooms in Holly Karbala and Hilla City Hospitals

Abstract

Globally, there is an estimated of (287, 000) maternal deaths. This means, every day, about 830 women decease from preventable causes linked to pregnancy and childbirth. One woman dies every two minutes. About 99% of maternal deaths happen in developing countries, while above half of these deaths were preventable. Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity, especially in developing countries, where most pregnancy-related deaths are connected with hemorrhage. It aimed to assess midwives knowledge regarding management and prevention of PPH. A descriptive study was found to be effective for the present study. In this study the target population was consisted of all midwives working in delivery room in hospital of a Holy Karbala and Hilla city. The sampling technique use in this study was (nonprobability) purposive method of sampling; sample were consist of 60 midwives working in delivery room in Karbala and Hilla hospitals. The main results of the study reveal that majority of the midwives had fair evaluation according to the mean of scores in most of the items regarding participants’ practices toward management and prevention of postpartum hemorrhage.