**3. Classification of caesarean sections**

Classification relates to the degree of urgency to save the mother's life or the fetus and the mother's life should be always a priority over the fetal life, accept in a situation that the mother's life cannot be modified by the surgical procedure. The word emergency may comprise of many components within which the extent of urgency differs. Once the decision to deliver has been taken, delivery should be carried out with the urgency appropriate to the risk to the baby and the safety of the mother. The objective should be to shorten the decision to delivery time in such circumstances [4] (**Table 1**)**.**


#### **Table 1.**

*Classification of caesarean sections.*
