Guideline · Position statement or standards
Sudden and Unexpected Postnatal Collapse: A BAPM Framework for Reducing Risk, Investigation and Management
Position statement or standardsBAPM2022published 4 May 2022; amended 24 June 2022
- Allied health
- Breast milk and breastfeeding
- Delivery room and stabilisation
- Family-integrated care
- Medical
- Newborn examination
- Newborn life support
- Nursing
- Postnatal and transitional care
- Transitional care
Summary
This BAPM Framework for Practice provides guidance for care providers and perinatal professionals on preventing Sudden Unexpected Postnatal Collapse (SUPC) in the first week after birth in hospital. It focuses on careful surveillance, risk assessment and effective observation of mothers and babies in the immediate postpartum period, alongside investigation and management of collapse. It aims to support safety while promoting skin-to-skin contact, early breastfeeding and parent–infant bonding.
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