Obstetric Hemorrhage Bundle
This page contains information and resources for providers
and hospitals on the Obstetric Hemorrhage Bundle.
If you are interested in implementing the Obstetric
Hemorrhage Bundle in your hospital, please email TexasAIM@dshs.texas.gov.
Provider Resources:
AIM Produced E-Modules
- Obstetric Hemorrhage: Readiness
The goal of the Readiness domain is to
outline the 5 components of Readiness to be addressed by every facility to
prevent delays and prepare for the optimal management of obstetric hemorrhage
cases.
- Obstetric Hemorrhage: Recognition
The goal of the Recognition domain is
to identify the key factors for assessment of hemorrhage risk upon admission,
describe quantitative measurement of blood loss and outline key strategies for
active management of the 3rd stage of labor.
- Obstetric Hemorrhage: Response
The goal of the Response domain is to
identify the two key interventions that should be utilized in every hemorrhage,
define a management plan for response to obstetric hemorrhage emergencies and
describe support needed for every individual involved in an obstetric
hemorrhage emergency.
- Obstetric Hemorrhage: Reporting and Systems
Learning
The goal of the Reporting and Systems
Learning domain is to describe how a culture of huddles and post event debriefs
can demonstrate successes and review how multidisciplinary quality improvement
and review of serious hemorrhages can improve outcomes.
Upcoming Events:
Tutorials:
Review of the TexasAIM Family of
Measures-Obstetric Hemorrhage Bundle.
This
web-based tutorial provides an overview of the Obstetric Hemorrhage Family of
Measures, including data definitions and an intro to the AIM National Data
Portal. This tutorial is highly recommended for your team’s Data Lead(s) and
can be found here
Past Webinars:
TexasAIM
Quality Improvement Basics Webinar
The webinar recording can be found here. This
webinar is for all TexasAIM participants. During this webinar, we will
introduce quality improvement techniques and strategies that can be used to
implement the AIM Hemorrhage bundle.
AIM Data
Portal and Basecamp Instructions Webinar
The webinar
recording can be found here. This
webinar is for Key Contacts, Technical Leaders, and anyone else on your
TexasAIM team that will be inputting data into the TexasAIM Portal. The webinar
will discuss how to access the portal and Basecamp.
Gearing up for AIM, Pre-work
Webinar
This webinar recording can be found here. The webinar was for TexasAIM Plus participants and reviewed
TexasAIM Plus pre-work assignments. It is highly recommended that at least one
of your team members views this webinar if they did not attend.
TCHMB: Introduction to Maternal Early Warning System (MEWS)
Webinar
The Texas Collaborative
Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB) hosted an introduction to Maternal Early
Warning Systems webinar. The recording and PowerPoint are available here.
TexasAIM Summit Make-Up
Webinar
The webinar recording can be found here.
This webinar was for TexasAIM hospitals or team members
that were unable to attend the TexasAIM Leadership Summit and Orientation on
June 4th.
TexasAIM Informational Webinar
DSHS hosted a TexasAIM
Informational Webinar. A recording of the webinar can be found here.
TCHMB: Maternal Early Warning Systems-
Triggers and Notification
The webinar recording can
be found here. The
objective of the webinar will be to demonstrate the components of MEWS in
action. There will be recorded simulations from two hospitals that illustrate
the recognition of the MEWS trigger, activation, bedside evaluation,
documentation in the nurse flowsheet and physician progress note, and debrief.
Frequently Asked Questions
TexasAIM Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Document
Didn’t find what you were looking for? More information can
be found on the AIM
Obstetric Hemorrhage webpage or contact TexasAIM at TexasAIM@dshs.texas.gov.