Main description:

The Managing Obstetric Emergencies and Trauma (MOET) course teaches the practical skills and procedures needed to save the mother and fetus in life-threatening circumstances. The course includes lectures, skills stations and workshops covering: resuscitation of the mother and newborn, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, amniotic fluid embolism, pulmonary embolism and airway management; trauma, including shock, spine and spinal cord injuries and musculoskeletal trauma; obstetric emergencies, including pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, shoulder dystocia, umbilical cord prolapse and anaesthetic emergencies; and triage and transfer. The Manual provides readers with a structured preparation and revision system for the course. It provides essential anatomical, physiological and pathological information which the authors use to explain basic logical principles of resuscitation and treatment. Based on sound principles, this comprehensive handbook is easy to read and provides useful practical advice and management plans, and will be of use to all those working in obstetrics as well as to course delegates.

Contents:

Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; 2. Why mothers die J. Drife; 3. Structured approach to emergencies in the obstetric patient K. Grady; Part II. Resuscitation: 4. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the nonpregnant and pregnant patient K. Grady, B. G. R. Prasad and C. Howell; 5. Amniotic fluid embolism D. Tuffnell; 6. Pulmonary embolism G. V. Sunanda and B. G. R. Prasad; 7. Airway management and ventilation K. Grady and C. Howell; 8. Resuscitation of the baby at birth; Part III. Trauma and Other Emergencies: 9. Thoracic emergencies K. Grady and B. G. R. Prasad; 10. Shock K. Grady; 11. Abdominal emergencies in pregnancy C. Cox; 12. The unconscious patient K. Grady; 13. Spine and spinal cord injuries S. Irani and K. Grady; 14. Musculoskeletal trauma K. Grady; 15. Burns K. Grady; Part IV. Obstetric Emergencies: 16. Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia D. Tuffnell; 17. Massive obstetric haemorrhage C. Howell and S. Irani; 18. Caesarean section S. Paterson-Brown; 19. Sepsis B. G. R. Prasad and G. V. Sunanda; 20. Cardiac disease in pregnancy S. Vause; 21. Shoulder dystocia K. Hinshaw; 22. Umbilical cord prolapse K. Goswami; 23. Uterine inversion C. B. Wykes; 24. Retained placenta S. Irani; 25. Face presentation C. B. Wykes; 26. Ruptured uterus P. Pradhan; 27. Breech delivery and external cephalic version S. Walkinshaw; 28. Ventouse and forceps delivery S. Paterson-Brown; 29. Twin pregnancy G. Masson; 30. Symphysiotomy C. B. Wykes; 31. Destructive operations C. B. Wykes; 32. Perinatal psychiatric illness M. Oates; 33. Domestic violence G. Masson; 34. Anaesthetic complications in obstetrics K. Grady and J. Elton; Part V. Triage and Transfer: 35. Triage D. Fothergill; 36. Transfer K. Grady; Appendix A. Perineal and anal sphincter trauma Ranee Thakar and Abdul Sultan; Appendix B. Consent issues Felicity Plaat; Index.