🚑 Maternity ER: when and how to get there?

What to Do?

1. 1. What to prepare

   Call your maternity unit for waters breaking, contractions, bleeding, changed movements or any concern; follow its individual plan. Do not delay to shower or pack.

2. 2. What to check

   For severe bleeding, collapse, seizures, severe breathing difficulty or imminent birth without safe transport, call the medical emergency service.

3. 3. In South Africa

   For a life-threatening medical emergency call 112 from a mobile phone; 10177 for an ambulance. Give your location and follow dispatcher instructions.

4. 4. In South Africa

   Confirm your clinic or midwife obstetric unit, referral hospital, transport plan and after-hours contacts. Bring pregnancy records and your baby’s Road to Health booklet to visits; private medical-scheme arrangements and public referral pathways differ.

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