Manual of Obstetric Emergencies

Description:

Written by emergency medicine practitioners for emergency medicine practitioners, Manual of Emergency Medicine Obstetrics provides a practical overview of all trimesters in a convenient manual format. Nearly two dozen expert contributors representing both emergency medicine and obstetrics offer evidence-based treatment and management guidelines for virtually any situation you may encounter, providing a unique emergency medicine perspective on best practices for high-risk, high-stress obstetric situations in the ED.

Table of Contents:

Section I: General Overview in Pregnancy

1. Physiologic Changes in Pregnancy

2. Drug Therapy in Pregnancy

3. Venous Thromboembolism in Pregnancy

4. Airway Management in Pregnancy

5. Trauma in Pregnancy

6. Management of Common Medical Comorbidities During Pregnancy

7. Management of Common Surgical Conditions During Pregnancy

8. Ultrasound in Obstetric Emergencies

Section II: EMS Management of Obstetric Emergencies

9. Active Labor and Out-of-Hospital Delivery

10. Prehospital Management of Obstetric Bleeding

Section III: Early Pregnancy (

11. Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy

12. Vaginal Bleeding in the First Trimester of Pregnancy

13. Ectopic Pregnancy

14. Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

Section IV: Later Pregnancy (>20 Weeks)

15. Preparation for Precipitous Delivery

16. Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy

17. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

18. Preterm Labor

19. Prelabor Rupture of Membranes

20. Placental Abnormalities

Section V: Delivery

21. Normal Vaginal Deliveries

22. Breech Deliveries

23. Twin Deliveries

24. Emergency Hysterotomy

25. Umbilical Cord Abnormalities

26. Shoulder Dystocia

Section VI: Emergencies After Delivery

27. Postpartum Hemorrhage

28. Uterine Inversion and Uterine Rupture

29. Amniotic Fluid Embolism

30. Postpartum Infections

Section VII: Care of the Mother and Newborn

31. Resuscitation of the Newborn

Index