TABLE 2.

Care Bundles for Postpartum Hemorrhage, Sepsis, and Hypertensive Diseases of Pregnancy

Care BundleItems in the Care Bundle
PPH first response care bundlea
  • TROM: Tranexamic Acid, Reposição volêmica (IV fluids), Oxytocic drugs, and Massage (uterine)b

  • Treat each of the 4 “Ts” accordingly (tone, trauma, tissue, and thrombin)

PPH second response care bundlec
  • Calculate shock index

  • Move patient to operation room

  • Treat each of the 4 “Ts” accordingly

  • Consider blood transfusion

HDPs care bundle
  • Collect laboratory tests for preeclampsia

  • Magnesium sulfate loading dose

  • Magnesium sulfate maintenance dose

  • Control of blood pressure and respiratory rate

  • Recalculate MEOWS

  • Treat high blood pressure

Sepsis care bundle
  • Measure lactate level

  • Obtain blood cultures prior to administration of antibiotics

  • Administrate antibiotics

  • Rapidly administer 500 mL IV solution

  • Apply vasopressor after IV fluid to maintain mean arterial pressure ≥65 mmHg

  • a For blood loss ≥500 mL (vaginal birth) or ≥1,000 mL (cesarean delivery), regardless of altered vital signs.

  • b After this BTS, a group or researchers published an article proposing E-MOTIVE36 instead of TROM. The elements of the bundle are the same, but arranged in a different order, which changes the acronym.

  • c After applying the first response bundle and blood loss persists.

  • Abbreviations: BTS, Breakthrough Series; HDPs, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; MEOWS, Modified Early Obstetric Warning Score; PPH, postpartum hemorrhage.