PROMPT Course Manual: North American Edition

A manual to accompany the PROMPT (Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training) course which covers a range of obstetric emergency situations.

Carl P. Weiner (Author)

9781107549548, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 4 January 2016

262 pages, 92 b/w illus. 13 tables
29.7 x 21 x 1.3 cm, 0.77 kg

The PROMPT (Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training) course covers the management of a range of obstetric emergencies. Subjects are presented in a variety of formats to stimulate the interest of participants, including interactive lectures, drills and workshops, to provide hands-on experience of practical skills and team-working in simulated obstetrics emergency situations - including training for communication in an emergency. The PROMPT course has been extensively tested and shown to be associated with improved clinical outcomes and reduced patient safety incidents. The key components of PROMPT training are that it is multi-professional and locally situated, with all members of the obstetric team being trained. This Course Manual has been adapted for North American training, reflecting the latest research and current clinical practice. The Course Manual is essential reading for course attendees but will also provide much useful information for any health professional wishing to understand more about the management of obstetric emergencies.

Foreword
Module 1. Teamworking (human factors)
Module 2. Basic life support and maternal collapse
Module 3. Maternal cardiac arrest and advanced life support
Module 4. Maternal anesthetic emergencies
Module 5. Fetal monitoring in labor
Module 6. Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
Module 7. Maternal sepsi
Module 8. Major obstetric hemorrhage
Module 9. Shoulder dystocia
Module 10. Umbilical cord prolapse
Module 11. Vaginal breech birth
Module 12. Twin birth
Module 13. Acute uterine inversion
Module 14. Basic newborn resuscitation
Index.

Subject Areas: Gynaecology & obstetrics [MJT]