Managing Obstetric Emergencies and Trauma: The MOET Course Manual

Cambridge University Press
Edition: 3, 6/16/2016
EAN 9781316611296, ISBN10: 1316611299

Paperback, 510 pages, 29.7 x 21.1 x 2.3 cm
Language: English

Obstetric emergencies are unplanned and often unanticipated. Management requires a clear understanding of the life-saving and damage-limiting treatments that can be implemented.

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Part I. Introduction
1. Introduction
2. Saving mothers' lives
lessons from the Confidential Enquiries
3. Structured approach to emergencies in the obstetric patient
Part II. Recognition
4. Recognising the seriously sick patient
5. Shock
6. Sepsis
7. Intravenous access and fluid replacement
Part III. Resuscitation
8. Airway management and ventilation
9. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the nonpregnant and pregnant woman
10. Amniotic fluid embolism
11. Pulmonary thromboembolism
12. Resuscitation of the baby at birth
Part IV. Trauma
13. Introduction to trauma
14. Domestic abuse
15. Thoracic emergencies
16. Abdominal trauma in pregnancy
17. The unconscious patient
18. Spine and spinal cord injuries
19. Musculoskeletal trauma
20. Burns
Part V. Other Medical and Surgical Emergencies in Pregnancy
21. Abdominal emergencies in pregnancy
22. Cardiac, diabetic and neurological emergencies in pregnancy
23. Perinatal psychiatric illness
Part VI. Obstetric Emergencies
24. Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
25. Major obstetric haemorrhage
26. Caesarean section
27. Placenta accreta and retained placenta
28. Uterine inversion
29. Ruptured uterus
30. Ventouse and forceps delivery
31. Shoulder dystocia
32. Umbilical cord prolapse
33. Face presentation
34. Breech delivery and external cephalic version
35. Twin pregnancy
36. Complex perineal and anal sphincter trauma
37. Symphysiotomy and destructive procedures
38. Anaesthetic complications in obstetrics
Part VII. Triage and Transfer
39. Triage
40. Transfer
Part VIII. Human Issues
41. Human factors
42. Consent matters
Index.