May 25, 2006, 02:45 pm
Hey There
I spent 8 months working in a Aborignal Community last year, in a Aged Care Facility, but liased with the RAN of the Community a lot. From what I understand // having been told // and experiancing this situation myself, It just dosnt get allowed, Generally a community would try to arrrange a Female Midwife // RAN. I remember having a emergency labour in the community one night, The RAN was out of town in the next community *758km away* and a female from the community went into labour, now iam only a Senior Personal Carer with Advanced First Aid Skills, so you can imagine how i was feeling, but back to the tale, when I was called to check on the patient, she was crowning, and I had to use the Female AHW to delivery the baby as the mother wasnt going to allow a male to inspect and see her naked. Now i respect this as I would dislike a female showering me. This mnay be different in each and every community, as these were just the guidlines that were set out by the Community for which I was based. I guess the only time I would hate to be caught in this kind of incident, is if the baby was in distress or something went wrong, I would personally try everythink within my power to assist both the mother and unborn, but certanly would never cross the ethical and cutural cross lines if that makes cents.
Hope this gives u a sort of idea, Iam generally not good at writting things like this.
Aaron
