Labor & Delivery
How to use the ultrasound probe
Video from Medical Aid Films
Learning the orientation of the ultrasound probe is considered to be the most challenging part of learning to scan. This animation is used in conjunction with other formal training to improve the proficiency, uptake and understanding of scanning.
13 mins
Focused Antenatal Care (FANC) Community Education
Video from Medical Aid Films
It is vital that a woman attends and receives ante-natal care, to help ensure that her pregnancy results in the delivery of a healthy baby without impairing the mother’s health. The film describes the 4 standard antenatal visits (FANC, introduced ...
15 mins
Manual Removal of the Placenta
Video from Medical Aid Films
The film will speak about what retained placenta is, why it is important to be removed and the essential steps that need to be undertaken. Animation teaches the technique of the procedure much more effectively, showing how one hand is ...
16 mins
How to use the Partograph
Video from Medical Aid Films
A vital tool for the care of every woman in labour. Correct use of the partograph can help prevent and manage prolonged or obstructed labour and serious complications, including ruptured uterus, obstetric fistula, and stillbirth.
16 mins
Administration of Parenteral Antibiotics
Video from Medical Aid Films
Infection during pregnancy and particularly following delivery is a significant cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Therefore the availability and correct administration of parenteral antibiotics is extremely important. The film will demonstrates good practice of administration of the antibiotics for ...
11 mins
Management of PPH - No Resource Setting
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film is aimed at training Traditional Birth Attendants and community health workers in the management of PPH when delivery is not in a health centre and the nearest referral centre and access to skilled care is more than 3 ...
8 mins
Management of PPH - Low Resource Setting
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film is intended for training Traditional Birth Attendants, community health workers and the general community on how to manage PPH when skilled health care is not available and they are therefore delivering outside of a health centre, but within ...
8 mins
Steps to a clean delivery (cutting cord using a sterilized knife)
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film follows Neema, a village birth attendant, while she helps to deliver a baby in a rural setting where there is no access to trained health workers. It teaches 10 steps to a clean delivery using a sterilised knife.Women ...
6 mins
Steps to a clean delivery (cutting cord using a new razor blade)
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film follows Neema, a village birth attendant, while she helps to deliver a baby in a rural setting where there is no access to trained health workers. It teaches 10 key steps to a clean delivery using a new ...
6 mins
Warning Signs in Pregnancy
Video from Medical Aid Films
This film aims to educate community members about the warning signs in pregnancy that they should be aware of, and the checks they should carry out, so that skilled obstetric care can be sought out as soon as possible in ...
12 mins
Importance of Focused Antenatal Care
Video from Medical Aid Films
The film describes what focused antenatal care (FANC) entails, including the importance of attending all your sessions & what to expect at each of the 4 standard visits. Women and partners need to understand not only the importance of antenatal ...
22 mins
Postnatal Care
Course from Digital Campus
This course is designed to teach you the basic information and skills to give immediate postnatal care to the mother and newborn, and to extend the awareness of effective postnatal care to others in the home and in the community ...
20 hours
Labor and Delivery Care
Course from Digital Campus
This course will equip you with the basic principles and practice of labour and delivery care at health post and home level.This course is part of the Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health approved upgrade training program for Health Extension Workers.
20 hours
Meet the placenta!
Video from Khan Academy
Learn how the needs of the fetus are met by the placenta, which is a special organ that belongs to both the mother and the fetus! Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.
13 mins
