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    Basic Emergency Obstetric Care (BEMOC) facilities are established to provide emergency obstetric care for every 125,000 population and are located strategically. BEMOC facilities can provide IUD and VSC services and perform basic emergency obstetric functions like administering oxytocin during labor and antibiotics. Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (CEmONC) facilities are regional or provincial hospitals that can perform all BEMOC functions plus C-sections, blood transfusions, and other specialized obstetric interventions. CEmONC facilities also provide emergency neonatal care like resuscitation and treatment of infections.

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    Basic Emergency Obstetric Care (BEMOC) facilities are established to provide emergency obstetric care for every 125,000 population and are located strategically. BEMOC facilities can provide IUD and VSC services and perform basic emergency obstetric functions like administering oxytocin during labor and antibiotics. Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (CEmONC) facilities are regional or provincial hospitals that can perform all BEMOC functions plus C-sections, blood transfusions, and other specialized obstetric interventions. CEmONC facilities also provide emergency neonatal care like resuscitation and treatment of infections.

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    Basic Emergency Obstetric Care (BEMOC) facilities are established to provide emergency obstetric care for every 125,000 population and are located strategically. BEMOC facilities can provide IUD and VSC services and perform basic emergency obstetric functions like administering oxytocin during labor and antibiotics. Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (CEmONC) facilities are regional or provincial hospitals that can perform all BEMOC functions plus C-sections, blood transfusions, and other specialized obstetric interventions. CEmONC facilities also provide emergency neonatal care like resuscitation and treatment of infections.

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    BASIC EMERGENCY OBSTETRIC CARE • These facilities can likewise serve as high volume

    (BEMOC) providers for IUD (intra-uterine device) and VSC


    (voluntary surgical contraception) services. It can also
    • Facilities established to provide emergency obstetric be a single or stand alone facility or part of a network
    care for every 125,000 population, in coordination of facilities in an inter-local health zone.
    with DOH, and which are strategically located.
    Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn
    • The BEMOC strategy calls for families and Care (CEmONC) Provider
    communities to plan for childbirth and upgrade • is a tertiary level regional hospital or medical center,
    technical capabilities of local health providers. provincial hospital or an appropriately upgraded
    district hospital.
    • Recommended Schedule of postpartum Visits: • It can also be a capable privately operated medical
    - 1st after 24 hours center. It is capable of performing emergency
    - 2nd 1 week after obstetric functions as in:
    - 3rd 2 weeks after - BEMONC provider facilities, as well as provides
    • Basic emergency obstetric and newborn care - surgical delivery (caesarean section) and
    (BEMONC) is a primary health care level initiative - blood bank transfusion services, and
    promoted in low- and middle-income countries to - other highly specialized obstetric interventions.
    reduce maternal and newborn mortality - it is also able to provide emergency neonatal care,
    which include the minimum:
    Basic Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care > newborn resuscitation;
    (BEmONC) Provider > treatment of neonatal sepsis/infection;
    • Is a capable private health facility or an appropriately > oxygen support; and,
    upgraded public health facility that is either a rural > antenatal administration of (maternal) steroids
    health unit (RHU) and/or its satellite barangay health for threatened premature delivery. It can also serve as
    station (BHS) or hospital capable of performing the high volume providers for intra-uterine device (IUD)
    following emergency obstetric functions: and voluntary surgical contraception (VSC) services.
    (1) Parenteral administration of oxytocin in the third
    stage of labor;

    (2) parenteral administration of loading dose of anti-


    convulsants;

    (3) parenteral administration of initial dose of


    antibiotics;

    (4) performance of assisted deliveries in imminent


    breech;

    (5) removal of retained placental products ; and

    (6) manual removal of retained placenta

    • It is also capable of providing neonatal emergency


    interventions, which include at the minimum,
    newborn resuscitation, provision of warmth, and
    referral.
    • The hospital BEMONC shall also be capable of
    providing blood transfusion services.

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