Table 3 Complications of women in labour encountered by paramedics
From: Victorian paramedics’ encounters and management of women in labour: an epidemiological study
Complications | Number | Incidence (%) |
|---|---|---|
Obstetric | ||
Gestational diabetes | 38 | 2.5 |
Eclampsia | 1 | 0.07 |
Pre-eclampsia | 27 | 1.8 |
Vaginal bleeding | 144 | 9.5 |
Other medical and trauma | ||
Asthma | 127 | 8.0 |
Epilepsy | 16 | 0.9 |
Diabetes Type 1 | 6 | 0.5 |
Diabetes type 2 | 7 | 0.6 |
Hypertension | 7 | 0.5 |
Trauma | 14 | 0.9 |
Mental health and substance misuse | ||
Anxiety | 13 | 0.9 |
Bipolar disorder | 7 | 0.5 |
Depression | 46 | 3.0 |
Schizophrenia | 2 | 0.13 |
Alcohol | 2 | 0.13 |
Cannabis | 11 | 0.7 |
Heroin | 14 | 0.9 |
Methodone | 19 | 1.3 |