TEN-360: Obstetric and Neonatal Emergencies

Emergency Birthing, The Unwell Neonate

Prelearning for Obstetric and Neonatal Emergencies

The workshop will explore two areas of acute care that are often recognised to be a causes of considerable stress and anxiety to medical and nursing staff. The workshop will explore the presentation and emergency management of a range of obstetric emergencies including severe pre-eclampsia / eclampsia, placental abruption, preterm labour, preterm prelabour rupture of membranes, complications associated with labour and birthing, and post partum haemorhage. In the the following prelearning we focus on one of these areas - the woman presenting the late stages of labour and discuss how to prepare and manage the birthing outside of a labour ward. 

In the second part of the workshop we consider the unwell neonate and the prelearning introduces some of the clues and red flags for serious illness in this very little patients and outlines the clinical presentation, differential diagnosis and emergency management of life threatening illness in the neonate. 

By the end of the workshop you should be a little less scared when you encounter obstetric and neonatal patients and be more confident to assess, recognise the red flags for serious disease and initiate emergency management (while waiting for help to arrive).

Find out about the TEN-360 Program

This prelearning is part of the TEN-360 program. To find more about the TEN-360 take a look at the TEN-360 course page. 

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