If the caregiver suspects that the woman's uterus has ruptured during labour, they will usually rush her to the operating theatre immediately. The baby needs to be delivered as soon as possible by Caesarean, and the uterus needs to be repaired. Many women require a blood transfusion, because of the amount of blood lost through internal haemorrhaging. Heavy bleeding after the birth (caused by a suspected ruptured uterus) also requires an immediate abdominal operation, to repair the uterine tear.
Some women (up to 30%) will need to have their uterus removed (hysterectomy) because it is unable to be repaired. On very rare occasions a uterine rupture can be fatal for the woman. More commonly though, the risk of death is more real for the baby (up to 30% of the time).