Bryan Health is working to keep mothers safe during childbirth

Two leading causes of childbirth deaths and injuries are hemorrhage and severe hypertension.

According to a report from USA Today, 50,000 mothers across the nation are severely injured during or after childbirth every year.

They say it’s because hospitals are not following long–known safety measures.

At Bryan Health, strict policies and guidelines are in place to ensure swift intervention and treatment.

One of their patients was Courtney Nail.

"Yes, this is serious but we got this under control, we’re managing it," said Nail.

Nail experienced hemorrhaging with both of her children’s births. She lost about 3 liters of blood during her most recent child birth.

Thanks to the care she received at Bryan Health, she was able to avoid injury and deliver healthy babies, Cameron and Emily.

"The whole procedure, I felt very comfortable the whole time with the nurses just because everything was weighed, every time they came in and did a check, all of my check pads were weighed. They had a scale in the room and they were in constant contact with my doctor," said Nail.

One of the many protocols in regard to hemorrhaging is Electronic Fetal Monitors.

They allow for constant monitoring of laboring mother and baby from their room, nurses station and a secure mobile app.

A nurse educator also talked about the special training they receive and simulations that help prior to the real life event happening.

"A simulation would be a high risk fidelity, a burning simulator that then hemorrhages and then we have to do interventions with our team to walk through that before it’s in the real scenario.. to give exposure and experience and keep skills up," said Marisa Schaffer.

Courtney has a message for the moms out there who may experience complications during birth.

"Trust your doctors and trust your staff because they are well educated.. I never had any concerns when all of this was going on but if there was a question, I asked," said Nail.

Last year, over 3,000 babies were delivered at Bryan Health. About one half percent of mothers were treated for severe postpartum hemorrhage, which is blood loss of at least half a liter. There were no deaths related to that.