Checking the environment is THE FIRST STEP. Who knows the patient has been electrocuted from a faulty electric wire ! Touching her without assessing the environment can harm the healthcare provider.

Do not use pad tests in the routine assessment of women with urinary
incontinence.

• If pharmacological measures fail to control the haemorrhage, surgical interventions should be initiated sooner rather than later.
• Intrauterine balloon tamponade is an appropriate first-line ‘surgical’ intervention for most women where uterine atony is the only or main cause of haemorrhage.

- For pregnancies at more than 16 weeks of gestation the term low-lying placenta should be used when the placental edge is less than 20 mm from the internal os on transabdominal or transvaginal scanning (TVS).

If the distance between the internal os and the placental edge is 20 mm or more on TVS, the placental location should be recorded as normal and managed as per routine

• The term placenta praevia should be used when the placenta lies directly over the internal os.

Non-hormonal contraceptive methods are recommended.

According to UKMEC- For women with 'Current breast cancer' , Cu IUCD is Category 1 , all other contraceptive methods are category 4.

For women with 'Past' breast cancer' , Cu IUCD is Category 1 , all other contraceptive methods are category 3.

CTPA is associated with relatively high radiation dose (up to 20 mGy) to the mother’s breast tissue, which is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer.

The dose estimate for CTPA is 20 to 100 times greater.
than for V/Q scanning

Up to 10% of women scheduled for ERCS go into labour before
39+0 weeks. Therefore it is good practice to to discuss and document a plan for delivery if labour starts prior to the scheduled date.

CTPA delivers a low radiation dose to the fetus