This program for physicians and nurses is available from the Division of Continuing Professional Learning and from Continuing Nursing Education.
Ongoing continuing education programs for physicians and/or nurses are
offered and consultation services are available to healthcare agencies
throughout the province. Nurse educators coordinate the programs.
Audiovisual materials are available for loan to physicians and nurses. This
program addresses the broad area of perinatal and newborn care,
especially high risk care. Assistance is provided to arrange for
resource speakers and to plan group learning activities, regional or
local conferences. The program provides consultation with individuals,
groups, facilities and health regions regarding best practice policies
and procedures, equipment and documentation. May, 2013, this form may be used to document neonatal transports into referral centres or for return transport back to referring facilities.
Published in 2010, this form may be used to document transports of pregnant or newly delivered women into a referral centre or for return transport back to referring facilities. Increasing Availability of Fetal Ultrasound for Non-diagnostic Purposes It's Your Health - Fetal Ultrasound for Keepsake Videos 2003 article from Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of
Canada. Health Canada is recommending parents not expose their unborn
babies to fetal ultrasound for the purpose of making keepsake videos. FDA Avoid Fetal "Keepsake" Images, Heartbeat Monitors
Health Canada, the FDA and the SOGC are concerned about the use of
fetal ultrasound for other than diagnostic purposes. Ultrasound does
involve a targeted energy exposure. In non-medical ultrasound
maintenance of technical safeguards , operator expertise and governing
competency is not ensured. Exposure may not be monitored or kept to a
minimum, especially if the fetus is not in the optimum position. If
fetal anomalies are present but not detected, parents may have a false
sense of security.
Health Canada
... The use of
ultrasound imaging devices for producing fetal keepsake videos is
viewed as an unapproved use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
...SOGC
