Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Working Group
- About the authors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 Introduction
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Saving mothers' lives: lessons from the Confidential Enquiries
- 3 Structured approach to emergencies in the obstetric patient
- Section 2 Recognition
- Section 3 Resuscitation
- Section 4 Trauma
- Section 5 Other medical and surgical emergencies
- Section 6 Obstetric emergencies
- Section 7 Triage and transfer
- Section 8 Human issues
- Index
1 - Introduction
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Working Group
- About the authors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Section 1 Introduction
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Saving mothers' lives: lessons from the Confidential Enquiries
- 3 Structured approach to emergencies in the obstetric patient
- Section 2 Recognition
- Section 3 Resuscitation
- Section 4 Trauma
- Section 5 Other medical and surgical emergencies
- Section 6 Obstetric emergencies
- Section 7 Triage and transfer
- Section 8 Human issues
- Index
Summary
Throughout both the developed and the developing world, maternal mortality continues to present a serious challenge. Globally, there is estimated to be one maternal death every minute. This course will provide you with a system for managing the seriously ill and seriously injured. The system is designed to be simple and easy to remember when life-threatening emergencies arise and is known as ‘the structured approach’. The structured approach is based on the ABC of resuscitation and is practised throughout all areas of medicine and the emergency services. The concept is familiar to the lay person and known even to school children. The structured approach has led to the development of courses that attend to the resuscitation needs of all patients, from neonates to children, adults and now for those with the altered physiology and anatomy of pregnancy.
This manual, the Managing Obstetric Emergencies and Trauma (MOET) online material and practical course are divided into sections that provide a structured revision in recognition, resuscitation and treatment of emergencies in pregnancy. This includes trauma, medical and surgical emergencies and obstetric emergencies and is aimed at obstetricians, anaesthetists, emergency physicians and midwives. The structured approach is applied to resuscitation and is taught didactically as a drill. Subsequently, what has been learned is applied to the recognition and management of the seriously ill and injured pregnant patient. Although trauma management is not widely taught to obstetricians, trauma occurs to their patients and those in other specialties will consider them the experts on the management of the injured pregnant woman.
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- Managing Obstetric Emergencies and TraumaThe MOET Course Manual, pp. 3 - 6Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014