Maternal Mortality Is Rising in the U.S. As It Declines Elsewhere

[herring_RN]

U.S. Has The Worst Rate Of Maternal Deaths In The Developed World

NPR and ProPublica teamed up for a six-month long investigation on maternal mortality in the U.S. Among our key findings:

• More American women are dying of pregnancy-related complications than any other developed country. Only in the U.S. has the rate of women who die been rising.
  
• There's a hodgepodge of hospital protocols for dealing with potentially fatal complications, allowing for treatable complications to become lethal.
  
• Hospitals - including those with intensive care units for newborns - can be woefully unprepared for a maternal emergency.
  
• Federal and state funding show only 6 percent of block grants for "maternal and child health" actually go to the health of mothers.
  
• In the U.S, some doctors entering the growing specialty of maternal-fetal medicine were able to complete that training without ever spending time in a labor-delivery unit.
  

U.S. Has The Worst Rate of Maternal Deaths In The Developed World : NPR

[DannyBoy8, RN]

Huh? This post makes no sense.

My post was in reply to a few comments made by previous posters regarding the dangers of chilbirth and mortality rates.

[guest52816]

My post was in reply to a few comments made by previous posters regarding the dangers of chilbirth and mortality rates.

But childbirth is dangerous. And the mortality rates, especially for minorities isn't good.

I have known for years, that abortion is safer for a woman, than childbirth.

One of the women I discussed, was perfectly healthy, with a unremarkable pregnancy.

She is dead because people falsely believe that childbirth is so safe for women.

[DannyBoy8, RN]

But childbirth is dangerous. And the mortality rates, especially for minorities isn't good.

I have known for years, that abortion is safer for a woman, than childbirth.

One of the women I discussed, was perfectly healthy, with a unremarkable pregnancy.

She is dead because people falsely believe that childbirth is so safe for women.

You've not really articulated a point. Childbirth can be dangerous, it isn't absolutely so. Having properly trained healthcare professionals at the ready is where we as nurses and APRNs come into the mix.

[guest52816]

You've not really articulated a point. Childbirth can be dangerous, it isn't absolutely so. Having properly trained healthcare professionals at the ready is where we as nurses and APRNs come into the mix.

Yes, I have articulated a point. You may not agree with it, but that is another matter.

The point is, women are dying. That is documented. Read the articles, or listen to the NPR stories.

Healthcare workers aren't properly trained.