Postpartum Hemorrhage
Prevention and Management
University of Dodoma
College of Nursing & Public Health
June 2016
,What Is PPH?
, PPH is:
• Excessive bleeding of > 500 ml
• From the genital tract
• Any time following the baby’s birth up to 12
weeks after delivery
• 98% of PPH occurs within 24 hours of delivery
, • The leading cause of
maternal mortality
is obstetric hemorrhage
• A woman bleeds heavily,
most often immediately
after giving birth.
• A woman somewhere in
the world dies every 4
minutes from this kind of
complication.
Prevention and Management
University of Dodoma
College of Nursing & Public Health
June 2016
,What Is PPH?
, PPH is:
• Excessive bleeding of > 500 ml
• From the genital tract
• Any time following the baby’s birth up to 12
weeks after delivery
• 98% of PPH occurs within 24 hours of delivery
, • The leading cause of
maternal mortality
is obstetric hemorrhage
• A woman bleeds heavily,
most often immediately
after giving birth.
• A woman somewhere in
the world dies every 4
minutes from this kind of
complication.
