{"id":2374,"date":"2014-06-02T23:26:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T04:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2014-06-02T23:26:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-03T04:26:43","slug":"helping-mothers-survive-pcp-medical-ambassadors-team-member-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2014\/06\/helping-mothers-survive-pcp-medical-ambassadors-team-member-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Mothers Survive- PCP Medical Ambassadors team member story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<em>In 38 years of medical practice, delivering babies in the U.S., I had never seen a mother die in labor. But two weeks in Congo changed that. Summoned from hospital rounds one morning, a mother in the middle of labor died as I examined her<\/em>.&#8221; writes Dr. Jim Walker of his recent experience in Congo as part of the Paul Carlson Partnership&#8217;s team of Medical Ambassadors. \u00a0Read more about getting involved at this link\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulcarlson.org\/get-involved\/\">Paul Carlson Partnership Medical Ambassadors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/woman-w-child.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2378\" alt=\"woman w child\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/woman-w-child-225x300.jpg\" width=\"203\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/woman-w-child-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/woman-w-child.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a>Dr. Walker continues, &#8220;<em>Delivering a baby in Congo is 400 times more dangerous than in the U.S. And as Mother\u2019s Day approaches, we are reminded that last year, Congo was reported to be the \u201cWorst Place to Be a Mother<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Sadly, many of these deaths are easily preventable with training and medication \u2013 exactly what we were there to give. To address the most common causes of death, our team taught the Johns Hopkins\u00a0Helping Mothers Survive\u00a0program. This program utilizes a mannequin, \u201cMama Natalie,\u201d to simulate a pregnant abdomen and uterus, teaching techniques necessary to save lives in the three most common scenarios of bleeding after birth.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Just like\u00a0Helping Babies Breathe,<\/em><strong> <\/strong>[team that visited in October 2012, see <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=1976\">Helping Babies Breathe<\/a>]<em>\u00a0the course previously taught by a PCP Medical Ambassadors team, we utilized the training-of-the-trainers approach. We trained 12 excellent and very capable Congolese nurses. \u00a0After they mastered the material, we put them to the test to train the students from local nursing schools to prove their capability to train. \u00a0Now, with PCP funding, these 12 will go on to train the other 300 heath care workers on this method for how to save mothers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;In addition, we visited two CEUM (Covenant Church in Congo) clinics on our trip and talked to nurses who had been trained on the\u00a0Helping Babies Breathe\u00a0technique and learned they had saved 9 babies thus far! \u00a0We have gotten off to a strong start for saving lives, and are preparing for more work to come. PCP has future plans to provide solar panels and solar refrigerators that will allow for the use of more effective and better priced medications. We are also thankful for the donation of a 3 month supply of the needed medication that we were able to provide on this trip.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/woman-smiling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-2377\" alt=\"woman smiling\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/woman-smiling-300x225.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/woman-smiling-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/06\/woman-smiling.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;850 women deliver a baby each month in the CEUM medical system and many do not live. When a mother survives, her baby has a better chance and all her children have a brighter future. This Mother\u2019s Day we celebrate new hope for mothers in Congo!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jim Walker, \u00a0PCP OB\/GYN Focus Group Chair<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, thank you Dr. Walker and the Medical Ambassadors team for the key continuing education training you provided for the CEUM medical professionals.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2374&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In 38 years of medical practice, delivering babies in the U.S., I had never seen a mother die in labor. But two weeks in Congo changed that. 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