Amy births a healthy baby girl by NSVD. Apgar scores are 8:1 minutes and 9:5 minutes. Weight 3kgs, bottle feeding.
The baby leaves hospital on day 2. On a home visit on day 10 you notice that the baby has developed a severe rash and has been vomiting and has lost more than 10% of her birth weight. You arrange for an early transfer into hospital by ambulance for mother and daughter. Aston is at work and arrives on the paediatric ward a few hours later. By then the baby is clearly quite unwell and despite IV antibiotics dies of septicaemia the following morning.
4. What influences your decision making in detection, diagnosis for your care plan from transfer home for Amy after delivery.
5.Describe the midwife’s role and responsibility in caring for Amy and her family on and after day 10.