This event is hosted by Elephant Circle.

In Colorado, Certified Professional Midwives (CPMs) provide prenatal, birth, and postpartum care, along with newborn care and well person services. CPMs attend both home and birth center births, yet other maternal and infant care providers lack an understanding of their training, education and practice environment.  

When a community birth provider requires collaborative care at a hospital or with a physician, a smooth transfer of care benefits from an understanding of the practice environment of all providers involved (including paramedics/EMTs, emergency medicine providers, and maternal/newborn/infant providers).

This webinar is designed to provide a foundation of knowledge about the CPM credential for maternal and infant care providers who are unfamiliar with this type of provider. 

A panel of CPMs will describe:

☀️the midwifery model of care

☀️the education and training required for the CPM credential and licensure

☀️the difference between the terms DEM and CPM

☀️the practice environment of CPMs in Colorado

☀️the most common obstetric or newborn emergencies in the field

☀️most common reasons for needing to transfer care to a hospital and/or physician 

Childbirth legal experts will address common vicarious liability questions that arise during transfers of care from community midwives to hospital providers.