Obstetric Emergencies Certification Course

CE Information
18.0 CE credits
Completion Time
17 hours, 12 minutes
Available Until
December 31, 2025
Posted By
PESI
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Overview

Specialties
Cardiology, Emergency/Trauma, OB/GYN/L&D, and Psychiatric
Clinical Topics
Cardiovascular Disease and Neonatal

Delve into the most common obstetrical emergencies presenting in today's obstetrical patients. Take a comprehensive look at pre-eclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP, the pitfalls of diagnosing and treating preterm labor, shoulder dystocia, abruption, previa, postpartum hemorrhage, placenta accreta, amniotic fluid embolism, venous thromboembolism, VBACs, and inductions.

Learn the current trends, treatments, and issues in high risk obstetrics through enlightening case studies, persuasive evidence-based research, and an engaging presentation style.

Learning Objectives

Trauma in Pregnancy: Managing a Potential Catastrophe!
  • Triage: How Much is Too Much?
  • Labs: What’s NOT Normal in Pregnancy
  • CPR with a Gravid Abdomen
  • When to Consider “Bedside Cesarean”

Management Strategies for Hemorrhage
  • Risk Evaluation & Prevention
  • 3rd Stage Management
  • Qualitative vs. Quantitative Assessment
  • Is Misoprostol all it’s Cracked Up to Be?
  • Current Medication Recommendations
  • Triggering Massive Transfusion Protocols

Amniotic Fluid Embolism
  • Are We Putting Them at Risk?
  • What Does the Differential Look Like?
  • Rapid Response That May Save Their Life
Severe Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
  • How Does This Happen: Update on Pathophysiology for Today’s Patient
  • Urgent Treatment Thresholds
  • The Best & Latest Medications
  • Fetal Evaluation: From NSTs to UARs & Everything in Between
  • Post-Partum Management

VIOLENCE!
  • More Common Than You Think, Do You Know How to React?
  • The Angry Partner
  • Being Threatened with Violence
  • Developing an Action Plan for Crisis Events
  • Where & When to Get Help

The At-Risk Newborn
  • Umbilical Artery Studies
  • Identifying a Problem
  • What All the Numbers Mean
  • When to Watch & When it is an Emergency

Prevent Complications for Postpartum Morbidly Obese Patients
  • Can we prevent infection and sepsis? How about DVT and PEs?
  • Interpreting critical laboratory results pertinent to this population
  • Your patient had bariatric surgery – Implications based on Roux-en-Y vs. gastric banding vs. gastric sleeve
  • Caregiver bias – are you at risk?

Strategies to Decrease Opioid Use Following Childbirth
  • Managing post-op pain with minimal opioids
  • IV acetaminophen and polypharmacy considerations
  • Your patient has chronic pain. What are the effects on the baby?
  • Detect neonatal withdrawal – Intervening when something is just not right

Postpartum Depression: Early Identification and Help
  • Postpartum screening tools to evaluate risk: What is the nurse’s role?
  • What are the baby blues? How is it different from postpartum depression?
  • How to reduce the risk and prevent PPD from leading to maternal death
  • Antidepressant medications – are they safe in pregnancy? What about medications and breastfeeding?
  • How does traumatic birth contribute to PPD? How can you reduce the risk?

Speakers

Jamie Otremba
Jamie Otremba MSN, RN, CNM

Jamie Otremba, MSN, RN, CNM, has more than 20 years of maternal child nursing experience and is currently practicing full scope nurse-midwifery at a progressive OB/GYN clinic in suburban Minnesota. She is also one of the medical directors for the Women's and Children's Service Line at a large hospital and medical center in Minnesota and has practiced in women's health care in a variety of settings, including: labor and delivery, postpartum, antenatal, and community health nursing.

Donna Weeks
Donna Weeks DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM, APN

Donna Weeks, DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM, APN, has more than 30 years of maternal child nursing experience where she has held roles from staff nurse, to manager, director, and educator and is currently practicing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at JFK Medical Center. Donna’s experience includes high risk OB, L&D, postpartum, and newborn nursery and her vast knowledge and expertise allow her to present the most challenging concepts in a way that is easy to understand.

CE Information

This activity offers 18.0 CE credits to attendees.


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