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OB & Neonatal Emergencies 🍼🚼

• Prolapsed cord

• Shoulder Dystocia

• Abruptio Placenta

• Ectopic Pregnancy

• Pre-eclampsia

Order of operations for priority questions

1. Determine the Differential Diagnosis (What are the different things happening)

2. SAFETY!!!! (Traffic, Violence, Weapons, Infectious disease)

3. Treat immediate life threats=Stop external bleeding

4. Airway

5. Breathing

Simple and straight forward way to study & learn pharmacology

1. Know the Classification

2. Know the MOA-Mechanism of Action (How the drug works)

3. Know your indications (When/Why do we give that drug)

4. Know important contraindications

5. Know some side effects/adverse effects

Meconium-The baby's first bowel movement. This should occur within the first 24 hrs. after birth

Meconium Staining

• The baby had a BM in utero, and the meconium has stained the amniotic fluid and/or the outside of the baby

Meconium Aspiration

• The baby has now inhaled the meconium into the lungs (Alveoli)

Normal Delivery

Contraindications to giving fluid

• Crackles

• Heart Failure

• Pedal edema

• JVD due to Heart Failure

• Ascites

Nervous System (3 Divisions)

• CNS-Central N.S

• PNS-Peripheral N.S

• ANS-Autonomic N.S

CNS-Central N.S

1. Brain

WELCOME!!!!!!!!

This exam is not about the big obvious picture......it's about the small details & assessment findings!!!!!

3 Most Important things to know for the NREMT Exam

1. Pathophysiology

2. Signs & Symptoms

3. Priorities & Order of operations

OB, Peds, and Neonatal Emergencies 🍼🚼

• Prolapsed cord

• Shoulder Dystocia

• Abruptio Placenta

• Ectopic Pregnancy

• Pre-eclampsia

Tachydysrhythmias (SVT, V-tach w/ pulses, Rapid A-Fib)

Stable

• CP or Palpitations

• Alert & Oriented

• SBP >100 mmHg

• No syncope