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. * Edited by a Harvard faculty emergency medicine practitioner and a University of Massachusetts practitioner/faculty member who is board certified in both emergency medicine and obstetrics/gynecology.
* Covers general topics in pregnancy such as drug therapy, airway management, trauma, medical co-morbidities, and common surgical conditions.
* Presents evidence-based coverage of both early and later pregnancy – from first trimester bleeding and ectopic pregnancy to peripartum cardiomyopathy and placental abnormalities.
* Offers expert guidance on various types of deliveries, including emergency care of the third trimester pregnant patient with a focus on the precipitous delivery.
* Discusses out-of-hospital deliveries, emergencies after delivery, and care of the mother and newborn.
* A first-of-its-kind resource for emergency physicians, residents, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants.

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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 (<20 Weeks)
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