Resources

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Useful Websites
ResourceURL
MBRRACE-UK — Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audits and Confidential Enquirieswww.npeu.ox.ac.uk/mbrrace-uk
ICU Steps — Patient & Family Supporticusteps.org/information
NHS England — Maternity Transformation Programmewww.england.nhs.uk/mat-transformation
Ockenden Maternity Reviewwww.ockendenmaternityreview.org.uk
Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association (OAA)www.oaa-anaes.ac.uk
Intensive Care Society (ICS)ics.ac.uk
Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (FICM)www.ficm.ac.uk
British Society of Obstetric Medicinewww.obstetricmedic.org.uk
Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology — ICU-OBicu-ob.org
UK Teratology Information Service (UKTIS)uktis.org
Medicines in Pregnancywww.medicinesinpregnancy.org
StatPearls — Drugs in Pregnancy (NCBI Bookshelf)www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK501922
NHS SPS — Advising on Medicines During Breastfeedingwww.sps.nhs.uk/articles/advising-on-medicines-during-breastfeeding
National Maternity and Neonatal Investigation Websitehttps://www.matneoinv.org.uk/

Guidelines Related to Maternal Critical Care
ResourceURL
FICM — Guidelines for the Provision of Intensive Care Services (GPICS) — 3rd Editionwww.ficm.ac.uk/guidelines-for-the-provision-of-intensive-care-services-gpics-3rd-edition-now-published
ICS — Enhanced Maternal Care Units: Guidance on Development and Implementationics.ac.uk/resource/enhanced-maternal-care-units.html
RCoA — Enhanced Maternal Care Guidelines 2018rcoa.ac.uk/news/enhanced-maternal-care-guidelines-2018
ICS — Transfer of the Critically Ill Maternity Patient — Supplementary Resource (5th Edition)ics.ac.uk/resource/new-edition-of-the-guidance-on-the-transfer-of-the-critically-ill-adult-is-now-published.html
NHS England — The Maternal Care Bundlewww.england.nhs.uk/long-read/the-maternal-care-bundle/
Resuscitation Journal — Maternal Resuscitation Guidelineswww.resuscitationjournal.com/article/S0300-9572%2825%2900265-5/fulltext
OAA — OAA Quick Reference Handbookwww.oaa-anaes.ac.uk/oaa-quick-reference-handbook/qrh
Resuscitation Council UK / OAA — Maternal Cardiac Arrest Quick Reference Handbook — OAA v1.1www.resus.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-08/Maternal%20Cardiac%20Arrest%20QRH%20OAA%20V1.1.pdf
RCOG — Managing Events Surrounding a Maternal Death and Supporting the Family and Staff (Good Practice Paper No. 18)www.rcog.org.uk/guidance/browse-all-guidance/good-practice-papers/managing-events-surrounding-a-maternal-death-and-supporting-the-family-and-staff-good-practice-paper-no-18
RCOG — Reducing the Risk of Thrombosis and Embolism During Pregnancy and the Puerperium (Green-top Guideline No. 37a)www.rcog.org.uk/guidance/browse-all-guidance/green-top-guidelines/reducing-the-risk-of-thrombosis-and-embolism-during-pregnancy-and-the-puerperium-green-top-guideline-no-37a
NICE — NICE Guideline NG247www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng247
Association of Anaesthetists — Guidelines for Anaesthesia and Sedation in Patients Who Are Breastfeedinganaesthetists.org/Guidelines-and-publications/Guidelines/Guidelines-for-anaesthesia-and-sedation-in-patients-who-are-breastfeeding
RCP — Acute Care Toolkit 15: Managing Acute Medical Problems in Pregnancywww.rcp.ac.uk/resources/acute-care-toolkit-15-managing-acute-medical-problems-in-pregnancy
NHS England — Maternal Medicine Networks Service Specificationwww.england.nhs.uk/publication/maternal-medicine-networks-service-specification
Journal of Hepatology — EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines — Liver Diseasewww.journal-of-hepatology.eu/article/S0168-8278(23)00181-2/fulltext

Journal Articles Related to Maternal Critical Care
ResourceURL
Current perspectives on maternity critical care — Cranfield et al. (Anaesthesia, 2023)associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.15948
Maternal Enhanced and Critical Care (MEaCC) in Yorkshire and the Humber — Int J Obstetric Anesthesiawww.obstetanesthesia.com/article/S0959-289X(23)00288-1/abstract
Maternal Enhanced and Critical Care and Outcomes Over Three Years — Beddoes et al. (BJOG, 2026)obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1471-0528.18299
Maternal critical care: what can we learn from patient experience? — BMJ Openbmjopen.bmj.com/content/5/4/e006676
Masterson et al. — Maternal critical illness outcomes (Intensive Care Medicine, 2024)link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-024-07417-4
PubMed — Maternal critical care studypubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40782693
Lewkowitz et al. — Mental health outcomes following maternal critical illness (2019)policycentermmh.org/app/uploads/2024/04/Lewkowitz_2019.pdf
PubMed — Psychiatric outcomes after maternal ICU admissionpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31306335
JAMA Network Open — Maternal mental health after critical illnessjamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2817864
Anaesthesia — Maternal critical care (Cranfield/Horner/Lucas, 2022)associationofanaesthetists-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.15798
NMPA Intensive Care Sprint Report — National Maternity and Perinatal Auditmaternityaudit.org.uk/FilesUploaded/NMPA%20Intensive%20Care%20sprint%20report.pdf

Third-Party Education Resources

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ResourceURL
PROMPT Maternity Foundation — PROMPT CiPP — Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Trainingwww.promptmaternity.org/prompt-cipp
Acute Illness Management — MFT ODN / Critical Care Skills Institutewww.gmccmt.org.uk/critical-care-skills-institute/acute-illness-management
CC3N — National Competency Framework for Registered Nurses in Adult Critical Care — Maternal Competencies (2024)www.cc3n.org.uk/uploads/9/8/4/2/98425184/maternal_critical_care_competencies_v2.pdf
National Outreach Forum — Critical Care Outreach Practitioner National Credential and Career Framework (incl. Maternity)www.norf.org.uk/projects/critical-care-outreach-practitioner-national-credential-and-career-framework
NHS e-LfH — e-Learning for Healthcare — Maternal Critical Care Moduleportal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/391658
NHS e-LFH – e-Learning for Healthcare – Introduction to the Maternity Early Warning Score.https://www.google.com/url?q=https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/816808&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1787938658841959&usg=AOvVaw0iZGjq3C72nYDYz6yOwatx
NHS e-LFH – e-Learning for Healthcare – Care of the Collapsed Pregnant Patient.https://www.google.com/url?q=https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/602847&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1787938658842073&usg=AOvVaw3RlUqAT4L_V2qygqagPCYQ
NHS e-LFH – e-Learning for Healthcare – General Aspects of Obstetric Critical Care.https://www.google.com/url?q=https://portal.e-lfh.org.uk/Component/Details/650958&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1787938658842112&usg=AOvVaw0xgNUbcpUoZ05exFmtow3v

Women’s Voices
ResourceURL
Conditions that threaten women’s lives in childbirth & pregnancy – Overviewhttps://www.hexi.ox.ac.uk/conditions-threaten-womens-lives-childbirth-pregnancy/overview
Birth Trauma Association – Supporting parents who have experienced birth traumahttps://www.birthtraumaassociation.org/

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