#407: The Nurses Guide to Postpartum Hemorrhage

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Postpartum hemorrhage is one of the top five causes of maternal mortality—and when it happens, nurses are often the ones who recognize it and initiate prompt treatment. In this episode, we’re diving into how to recognize and respond to this high-risk situation with confidence. You’ll learn the pathophysiology behind postpartum hemorrhage as well as the major causes so you can know who’s most at risk. And, we’ll use the LATTE method to break it down like a pro. If you’re heading into your OB clinical or prepping for exams, this is an episode you won't want to miss! 👉 Listen now and boost your clinical confidence: [Insert episode link] ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references Straight A Nursing App - Study on-the-go with the Straight A Nursing app! Review more than 5,000 flashcards covering a wide range of subjects including Fundamentals, Pediatrics, Med Surg, Mental Health, Maternal Newborn, and more! Available for free in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats including podquizzes, case studies and drills that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! LATTE Method Template - Download the free LATTE Method Template so you can streamline how you study and focus on what a nurse needs to know. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight A Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:04.0	Down time can be just fine, playing bangers from the 90s.
0:08.0	Tea break.
0:09.0	Lunch break.
0:10.0	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:12.0	Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right?
0:15.0	It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time go on play some other time put your phone down
0:23.8	tombola open for fun terms apply 18 plus gambleaware.org
0:29.3	well hello Well, hello, hello, I'm Nurse Mo, and this is the straight A nursing podcast where I teach
0:45.5	concepts and share tips on how to thrive in nursing school and at the bedside.
0:50.9	Today's shout out goes out to Sandra, who wrote in to say, I used the latte method to study for my
0:57.8	last exam in MedSearch 2. Best grade this semester. Thanks, Nurse Moe. Well, Sandra, thank you for
1:05.6	letting me know that the latte method helped you so much that you got your very best grade on your final exam
1:11.7	in MedSearch 2. That's a tough class and I am really, really proud of you. So if you're
1:16.9	wondering what Sandra is talking about, the latte method is a streamlined and focused approach
1:22.5	so that you really just zone in on the key things that you need to know. And we're going to be
1:27.7	utilizing the latte method in today's episode. So let's hop right into it with an episode
1:34.5	about postpartum hemorrhage. This is a potentially life-threatening complication that
1:41.1	requires very swift recognition and intervention. It's actually, I was surprised
1:47.0	to see this. As I was reading about this condition, it is actually one of the top five causes
1:52.3	of maternal mortality, which knowing that makes timely recognition and prompt treatment even more
1:59.4	critical. So whether you're a student studying for an
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