title: Emergencies during home births.
abstract: This article reflects on how community midwifery skills days have assisted community midwives to develop confidence in managing unexpected emergencies at home births, and how team work, communication and working in partnership have supported women in their choices for birth.
authors.affiliation: Maternity Unit, Bradford Royal Infirmary.
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Booth
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D004630:Emergencies / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education / Q000379:methods*; D009321:Natural Childbirth / Q000451:nursing*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D006113:United Kingdom