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Practical Approaches to Simulating Obstetric Emergencies

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Obstetric emergencies can arise suddenly and may catch the team by surprise. Simulation has become a valuable tool for maintaining the clinical team’s preparedness for these events. As resident work hour restrictions limit their exposure to the number of obstetric patients, and in turn to rare cases, such as uterine inversion, vaginal breech, and shoulder dystocia, simulation may fulfill some of these missed learning opportunities. Other scenarios amenable to simulation include emergent cesarean section, multidisciplinary team preparation for failed operative vaginal delivery (OVD), and impacted fetal head at cesarean which can follow failed OVD (Manning et al., Obstet Gynecol Surv 70:719–724, 2015).

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  1. Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Stanford, CA, USA

    Kimberly S. Harney

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    Colleen A. Lee

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  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

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Harney, K.S., Lee, C.A. (2019). Practical Approaches to Simulating Obstetric Emergencies. In: Deering, S., Auguste, T., Goffman, D. (eds) Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation: Obstetrics and Gynecology. Comprehensive Healthcare Simulation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98995-2_13

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