Risk of Preterm Birth
And Labour Care Guide for Preterm Labour.
Introduction
The Risk of Preterm Birth course aims to translate standards into care. It incorporates the latest WHO recommendations and equips teams with competencies to recognise risk, confirm gestational age, and determine actions for care for women at risk of preterm birth.
This version of the course was created for WHO’s ACS-IR trial and intended to be used only in by the trail’s participating facilities.
Duration
2 days.
Facilitator-to-participant ratio
1 facilitator for every group of 6 participants.
Learning objectives
By the end of the course, participants should demonstrate the ability to recall, identify, and execute steps for recognising risk, confirming gestational age, and providing pre-referral interventions and counselling for women at risk of preterm birth, per current WHO recommendations.
Learning materials
Download and preview the materials you will need. You should also have printed materials during a training. You can download the printing files free of charge to print locally. To calculate how many copies you need, keep in mind that there should be one facilitator for every group of six participants.
Action Plans
Posters showing the steps to take during care, to use both during training and as a job aid for clinical practice.
There are two Action Plans — one for Risk of Preterm Birth and one for Labour Care Guide for Preterm Labour.
1 set per group (facilitator + 6 participants), and enough to leave at each facility to be used in clinical care.
- Action Plan – RPTB - English
- Action Plan – LCG for PTL - English
Flipchart
Paper-based facilitation tools, with guidance for facilitators to demonstrate, lead discussions and support practice.
There are two Flipcharts — one for Risk of Preterm Birth and one for Labour Care Guide for Preterm Labour.
1 set per group (facilitator + 6 participants)
- Flipchart – RPTB - English
- Flipchart – LCG for PTL - English
Provider Guide
Booklets for every participant to use during the course, and afterwards to support continuous practice and quality improvement in the facility. Includes tools, resources and activities.
There are two Provider Guides — one for Risk of Preterm Birth and one for Labour Care Guide for Preterm Labour.
Can be also printed out as sheets in a normal office printer.
1 set per participant
- Provider Guide – RPTB - English
- Provider Guide – LCG for PTL - English
Job aids
To support learning and clinical practice. They are available in the Provider Guide but you can download the individual files here too.
- Labour Care Guide for Preterm Labour (PTL) - English
- Medication information table - English
- Gestational Age Job Aid - English
App for low-dose high-frequency practice
An app for practicing the skills learned in the course. Available to save to any device for offline use.
- Practice Cases - English
Assessments
As part of the learning process, every training program includes assessments for the participants.
You will be using LIFT Assessments. Follow instructions from trainers or master trainers to log in at lift.training.
As a backup, you may download and print paper bases assessments.
Equipment
Every group of 6 of participants will need these items to practice during the training. The equipment should also be available for practice in the facilities after the training.
Learning materials
- 1 Flip Chart
- 1 set of Action Plans
- 6 Provider Guides (1 per participant)
- 1 set of job aids with:
- Gestational age (GA) job aid
- Referral form
- Labour Care Guide for preterm labour
- MgSO4 monitoring form
General equipment
- GA wheel or calendar
- Blood pressure cuff and stethoscope
- Speculum
- Clock or watch with second hand
- For referral hospitals only:
- Syringes and needles
- Personal protective equipment
Mock medications and IV
- Dexamethasone or betamethasone
- Nifedipine Lignocaine 2%
- Tape
- For referral hospitals only:
- Magnesium sulphate (MgSO4 )
- Calcium gluconate 10%
- IV catheter and tubing
- 500 mL crystalloid IV fluids
- Sterile water for dilution