Intrapartum Maternal Cardiac Arrest: A Simulation Case for Multidisciplinary Providers.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cardiac arrest in pregnancy is rare. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support courses rarely address interventions specific to obstetric patients, and knowledge gaps are frequent among providers. The Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology and American Heart Association have published guidelines regarding management of cardiac arrest in pregnancy, and interdisciplinary simulation training has been advocated to reinforce key management points for this clinical scenario.

Methods

In situ multidisciplinary simulation training was implemented for anesthesia and maternal fetal medicine fellows and obstetric nurses at our hospital. The case was amniotic fluid embolism in a 35-year-old parturient at term. The patient had a witnessed seizure before cardiovascular c

SUBMITTER: Lee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6342402 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature