PCEO Region II Course Overview
OB Emergencies
Description
This program was developed to help nurses in emergency situations in obstetrical areas. This class will offer emergency scenarios and interactive participation with the attendees. The topics will include: Malignant Hyperthermia; Eclampsia in Hypertensive Patient; Maternal Hemorrhage in the Intrapartum & Postpartum Periods; Shoulder Dystocia; & Mock Code – ACLS OB Review.
Course Objectives:
- Malignant Hyperthermia (MH):
- Define MH & its prevalence in 2009.
- Review the nurses’ role in MH emergency.
- Identify what is needed in MH emergency cart.
- Eclampsia in the Hypertensive Patient:
- Define the epidemiology & risk factors of hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.
- Describe the priorities for treatment & management of care.
- Explain the guidelines for anticonvulsant & antihypertensive therapy.
- Obstetrical Hemorrhage:
- Identify the signs of hemorrhage using the ABC’s.
- Describe the causes of maternal hemorrhage in the intrapartum and postpartum periods.
- Describe the interventions for treating hemorrhages.
- Review the basics for a crash c-section.
- Shoulder Dystocia (SD):
- Define SD & the risk factors associated with it.
- Describe actions & maneuvers to be taken when SD occurs.
- Describe documentation timelines when treating SD.
- Mock Code- ACLS OB:
- Describe the physiologic changes of pregnancy that may affect resuscitation.
- Identify the different interventions used for a pregnant woman
during resuscitation.
- Identify the nurses’ responsibilities in a mock code.
Contact Hours: 6.8
Grandview Medical Center (OH-072 2-1-12) is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Ohio Nurses Association OBN-001-91, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Co-provided by PCEO
Faculty: Qualified and experienced L&D nurses and a Surgical Nurse Educator.
Target Audience: All perinatal nurses and nursing students interested in care of the obstetrical patients in emergency situations.
Maximum Attendance: 21
Date: March 11, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Registration begins 7:45 AM)
Deadline: February 25, 2010
Location: Southview Hospital
Date: April 29, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Registration begins 7:45 AM)
Deadline: April 15, 2010
Location: Southview Hospital
Date: July 8, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Registration begins 7:45 AM)
Deadline: June 24, 2010
Location: Southview Hospital
Date: August 30, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Registration begins 7:45 AM)
Deadline: August 16, 2010
Location: Southview Hospital
Date: October 11, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Registration begins 7:45 AM)
Deadline: September 27, 2010
Location: Southview Hospital
Date: November 11, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM (Registration begins 7:45 AM)
Deadline: October 28, 2010
Location: Southview Hospital
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