Obstetric Life Support Education for Maternal Cardiac Arrest: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Management of maternal cardiac arrest (MCA) requires understanding the unique physiology of pregnancy and modifications to life support. Health care professionals have historically demonstrated inadequate knowledge and skills necessary to treat MCA.

Objective

To evaluate the effect of Obstetric Life Support (OBLS) education on health care professionals' cognitive performance, skills, and self-efficacy in managing MCA.

Design, setting, and participants

In this single-masked randomized clinical trial, 46 health care professionals, including emergency medical service and hospital staff representing diverse specialties, were randomized to intervention or control groups at a single academic medical center in Farmington, Connecticut between May 1, 2022, and July

SUBMITTER: Shields AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11568455 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature