EDcare Prelearning : Emergency Obstetrics

The course explores many of the life threatening (and frightening) obstetric emergencies that may present to the emergency department and require immediate management. Topics include emergency delivery, obstetric complications in early and late pregnancy and the post natal period and resuscitation of the neonate.

Course Outline:

1. Emergencies in Early Pregnancy

2. ED Assessment and Management of Pre-Eclampsia / Eclampsia

3. Assessment and Management PV Bleeding in Late Pregnancy

4. Managing Delivery in the Emergency Department

5. Managing the Patient with Post-Partum Haemorrhage

6. Newborn Resuscitation