Belinda Flanagan
Doctorate
Doctorate Title: Women birthing in paramedic care.
Doctorate Description: Paramedics assess, treat and transport labouring women who require intra-partum care in the out-of-hospital setting, yet very little is known about the frequency, outcome or circumstances surrounding these cases at a national level. Internationally, the healthcare literature reviews predisposing factors, clinical risk and maternal and neonatal clinical outcome of unplanned out of hospital birth. However, there remains little high quality published evidence to validate the quality of care provided by paramedics and the views of women with recent experience of birth in paramedic care.
This research project has utilised a sequential design to explore the circumstances around and experiences of women birthing in paramedic care. The research has been completed in two phases. The first phase examined the incidence, clinical management and outcomes of intra-partum cases in Queensland. The second phase explored the experiences of women whom birth while in paramedic care, their care needs and the physical, emotional and psychosocial issues surrounding these cases.
Details:
Type: PhD
University: University of the Sunshine Coast
Primary Supervisor: Associate Professor Bill Lord
Category: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Funding: None
Start Date: 2013
End Date: 2018
Status: Complete
Thesis
ThesisResearch Interests
Obstetrics, Paramedicine, Public health
Publications
1. Flanagan B, Lord B, Reed R, Crimmins G. Women’s experience of unplanned out-of-hospital birth in paramedic care. BMC Emergency Medicine. 2019;19(54):1-7.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-019-0267-9
2. Flanagan B, Lord B, Reed R, Crimmins G. Listening to women's voices: the experience of giving birth with paramedic care in Queensland, Australia. BMC Pregnancy and Birth. 2019;19(490).
https://dx.doi.org/10.1186%2Fs12884-019-2613-z
3. Flanagan B, Lord B, Barnes M. Is unplanned out-of-hospital birth managed by paramedics ‘infrequent’, ‘normal’ and ‘uncomplicated’? BMC pregnancy and childbirth, 2017;17(1), 436.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1617-9
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