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Pregnancy and Obstetric Emergencies Handled by Emergency Medical Response Services in the Dadra and Nagar Haveli: A Brick-by-Brick Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2022

Vikram Khan Open the ORCID record for Vikram Khan [Opens in a new window] ,
Ankush A. Sanghai ,
D.B. Zala  and
V.K. Das
Vikram Khan*
Affiliation:
Directorate of Medical & Health Services, UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Silvassa, India
Ankush A. Sanghai
Affiliation:
Directorate of Medical & Health Services, UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Silvassa, India
D.B. Zala
Affiliation:
School of Applied Sciences and Technology, Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, India
V.K. Das
Affiliation:
Directorate of Medical & Health Services, UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Silvassa, India
*
Correspondence: Vikram Khan, Directorate of Medical & Health Services, UT of Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Silvassa, India, Pin-396230 E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Background:

The access of pregnant women to an appropriate health facility plays a crucial role in preventing maternal deaths. In the last decade, many new steps have been taken in the direction of making motherhood safe, one of them being the availability of free Emergency Medical Response Services (EMRS). In the present investigation, various variables were analyzed of the EMRS which provides services to pregnant women of the tribal district of Western India.

Methods:

This study is a descriptive analysis of EMRS provided to pregnant women from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2020. The number of expected pregnancies was obtained from the state data center and the variables related to the benefitted pregnant women were generated with the EMRS tracking software.

Results:

The results of this study showed that 93.59% of pregnant women benefitted from these services in the last six years as compared to the estimated number of pregnancies. Whereas in the case of obstetric emergencies, 85.02% of pregnant women benefitted. Most of the beneficiaries were tribal, in the age group of 20-35 years, with lower socio-economic strata. More than 98.0% of pregnant women decided to take the delivery facility in the public hospitals. Across the district, ambulances had to travel less than 10km to cater to 89.0% of pregnant women.

Conclusion:

The convenient access of EMRS to pregnant women can improve the indicators of maternal and child health and reduce the risk of maternal death and home delivery.

Keywords

ambulanceemergency medical response servicesobstetric emergencypregnant women
Type
Original Research
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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 37 , Issue 5 , October 2022 , pp. 645 - 650
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine

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