Five Minutes to Save Lives
In PRONTO scenarios, provider teams must manage both maternal and neonatal complications in the critical five minutes during and after delivery, when their actions can make a life-saving difference.
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Meeting Worldwide Demand
PRONTO partners with local organizations to train providers in managing obstetric and neonatal complications in Mexico, Guatemala, Kenya, Namibia, Ethiopia, India and the United States.
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Born In Mexico
PRONTO stands for: Programa de Rescate Obstétrico y Neonatal: Tratamiento Óptimo y Oportuno
read morePRONTO International aims to optimize care during birth. We develop and implement innovative training strategies that act as a catalyst for health care providers to make individual, team, and systems changes.
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OUR IMPACT
PRONTO offers an evidence-based approach to obstetric and neonatal emergency training. We show significant improvements in both process and impact measures related to obstetric and neonatal emergency care across countries and setting we train.
More than 2400 providers trained in 6 countries (Mexico, Guatemala, Kenya, Ethiopia, Namibia, India) through early 2014
More than 75 PRONTO trainers and PRONTO master trainers trained in Mexico, Guatemala, Kenya, India and the United States
Average self-efficacy score improvement in participants post-PRONTO training
PRONTO promoted more than 60% goal achievement from strategic planning sessions in sites trained, measured Mod I to Mod II
Lower risk of hospital-based neonatal mortality (in the intervention group at 8 months post-training intervention)
Risk of cesarean delivery decreased at 12 months post intervention
LOW COST TOOLS
We know that simulation is an effective learning strategy, but highly realistic birth simulation has been prohibitively expensive and complex. The PRONTOPack™ birth Simulation Kit and the PartoPants™ birth simulator are games changes. PRONTO uses low-tech, low-cost tools and locally available materials to make simulation affordable and available in any setting.
PRONTOPack™
We know that simulation is an effective learning strategy, but highly realistic birth simulation has been prohibitively expensive and complex. The PRONTOPack™ birth Simulation Kit and the PartoPants™ birth simulator are games changes. PRONTO uses low-tech, low-cost tools and locally available materials to make simulation affordable and available in any setting.
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PartoPants™ BIRTH SIMULATOR
PartoPants™ are a modified pair of surgical scrub pants worn by an actress (simulated patient) outfitted with a vagina, a urethra, a rectum and other anatomic landmarks. PartoPants™ are a game changer as they make it easy to setup and run a birth simulation in any setting, anywhere.
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