- Improve the Culture of Care, Awareness, and Education for Cesarean Reduction
- Support Intended Vaginal Birth
- Manage Labor Abnormalities and Safely Reduce Cesarean Births
- Use Data to Drive Reduction in Cesareans
NEW! Toolkit Section! CMQCC has released an addendum to the Supporting Vaginal Birth Toolkit. This brand-new content provides additional evidence-based tools and resources to effectively integrate midwifery care and doula support into the hospital setting and how to best support those who transfer to the hospital from a community birth setting. There is an emphasis on birth equity and team-based care to improve outcomes for all birthing people. This supplemental section was developed with a Task Force of hospital and community-based midwives and doulas, along with a patient advocate, nurses, and physicians.
Complete with this added content, the toolkit is available for anyone to download after logging into CMQCC's website. If you do not already have a CMQCC Account, you will need to complete a brief survey to initialize an account.
Download:
Toolkit to Support Vaginal Birth and Reduce Primary Cesareans (with Addendum Part V), (2022)
New guidance: CMQCC Guidance in Response to ACOG's "Clinical Practice Guideline #8, First and Second Stage Labor Management" (2024)
Slide Set for Professional Education - NEW Addendum Only (2022)
Webinar Link: Addendum Introduction: Integrating Midwives, Doulas, and Community-Based Birth Care (2022)
The Implementation Guide (2016)
Original Slide Set for Professional Education (2016)
Webinar link: Introduction to the Toolkit to Support Vaginal Birth and Reduce Primary Cesareans (2016)
Individual sections of the toolkit are also available to download by clicking on the links below:
Appendix B – Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births Bundle (AIM, 2015)
Appendix C – Tools Arranged by Section
Appendix D – Tools Arranged by Topic
Appendix E – CMQCC Birth Preferences Guide
Appendix F – Coping with Labor Algorithm
Appendix G – Guide to Second Stage Management of Malposition
Appendix H – Cesarean Birth Performance Measures
Appendix I – Informed Consent for Elective (Non-Medically Indicated) Cesarean Birth
Appendix J – Pre-Cesarean Checklist for Labor Dystocia or Failed Induction
Appendix K – Labor Dystocia Checklist
Appendix L – Labor Duration Guidelines
Appendix M – Spontaneous Labor Algorithm
Appendix N – Algorithm for the Management of the Second Stage of Labor
Appendix O – Active Labor Partogram
Appendix P – Algorithm for the Management of Category II Fetal Heart Tracings
Appendix Q – Algorithm for the Management of Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Tracings
Appendix R – Induction of Labor Algorithm
Appendix S – ACOG Key Labor Definitions