Midwife Assistant Workshop

The Midwife Assistant Workshop will prepare the student to assist the midwife during out-of-hospital births. click here to learn more and sign up!

About this event

The Midwife Assistant also known as birth assistant, is responsible for assisting the midwife during all aspects of midwifery care during out-of-hospital births including taking vital signs, fetal heart tones, administering medications, giving injections, charting/EMR, delivery of the neonate, treating postpartum hemorrhage, and assisting during sterile procedures like suturing.

T he class is tought by a licensed homebirth midwife.

T his course is appropriate for:

• I ndividuals who wish to work professionally as a birth assistant
• D oulas who want to expand their knowledge and skillset
• B eginning direct-entry midwifery students who want to prepare for clinical placements (phase 1 or entering phase 2)
• Nurses who want experience in a home-birth setting

D ay 1: Lecture and Discussion

• H istory and issues in midwifery
• B asic anatomy and physiology of birth
• H IPAA and privacy
• O SHA and universal precautions
• C harting and medical terminology
• V ital signs and taking fetal heart tones
• A PGARS

D ay 2: Hands-on Skills Labs

• V ital sings
• Homebirth setup and breakdown
• Administering medications
• Estimating/quantifying blood loss
• Sterile technique
• B irth emergencies and transports basics