'Obstetric Decision-Making and Simulation is a practical guide to inspire and instruct the integration of simulation-based learning into multidisciplinary obstetric department education.' Panagiota Sceales, International Anesthesia Research Society
List of Contributors; Foreword; Part I. The Role of Simulation: 1. Setting the scene for simulation-based education Debra Nestel, Kristen Moloney and Simon Hyde; 2. The where of simulation training Al May; 3. Interprofessional in-situ simulation Jonathan Hurst; 4. Debriefing and the debrief Mark Murphy and Annemarie Brown; 5. Fidelity in obstetric simulation Shane O'Sullivan and Owen O'Sullivan; Part II. The Impact of Human Factors in Clinical Practice: 6. Introduction to human factors and ergonomics in obstetric simulation Mark Hellaby; 7. Situational awareness, bias and decision making styles in obstetric simulation Ian Parkinson and Andrew F. Smith; 8. Team-working, communication and use of communication aids and checklists in an emergency Simon Mercer; Part III. Clinical Scenarios: 9. Introduction to the scenarios Kirsty Maclennan; Scenario Section 1: Obstetric; 10. Uterine inversion Samantha Bonner; 11. Shoulder dystocia following forceps delivery for fetal bradycardia Samantha Cox and Samiksha Patel; 12. Umbilical cord prolapse Michelle McIntosh; 13. Minimising decision to delivery interval (DDI) in a category 1 caesarean section – pre-theatre phase Cliff Shelton and Sophie Bishop; Scenario Section 2: Maternal collapse; 14. Amniotic fluid embolism Kim Macleod and Yara Mohammed; 15. Anaphylaxis in labour Andrew Parkes and Shuayb Elkhalifa; 16. Acute pulmonary embolism in pregnancy Louise Simcox and David Simcox; Scenario Section 3: Haemorrhage; 17. Antepartum haemorrhage and perimortem caesarean section Kenneth Ma; 18. Vasa praevia Shimma Rehman; 19. Postpartum haemorrhage Pavan Kochhar and Stuart Knowles; Scenario Section 4: Sepsis; 20. Group A streptococcal puerperal sepsis Laura Coleman and Melissa Whitworth; 21. Pneumonia and respiratory failure in a pregnant woman James Hanison and Dougal Atkinson; Scenario Section 5: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; 22. Eclampsia Stephanie Worton, Emma Shawkat and Jenny Myers; 23. HELLP syndrome with fetal compromise requiring an emergency GA caesarean section Emma Shawkat, Stephanie Worton and Jenny Myers; 24. Microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia (MAHA) in pregnancy presenting in A&E Louise Simcox and Jo Gillham; Scenario Section 6: Cardiac; 25. Chest pain in a pregnant patient Shahid Karim and Sarah Vause; 26. Peripartum cardiomyopathy Omar Asghar and Sarah Vause; 27. Complete heart block in a pregnant patient Anita Macnab and Kirsty Maclennan; 28. Cardioversion in a pregnant patient with corrected tetralogy of fallot Kailash Bhatia; Scenario Section 7: General anaesthesia; 29. General anaesthesia and failed intubation in a category 1 caesarean section Richard McGuire and Sharon Smith; Scenario Section 8: Neuraxial analgesia; 30. Subdural block in labour Kathryn A. Wood and Lorna A. Howie; 31. Total spinal anaesthesia in labour K. E. Gott and Sophie Kimber-Craig; 32. Severe local anaesthetic toxicity in labour Charlotte Ash and Suna Monaghan; Scenario Section 9: Non-neuraxial analgesia; 33. Respiratory arrest in a woman using remifentanil PCA for labour Michael McGinlay and Susan Davies; Scenario Section 10: Endocrine; 34. Diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnancy Samantha Bonner and Jonathan Schofield; Scenario Section 11: Neurological; 35. Subarachnoid haemorrhage in the post partum patient Craig Carroll and Daniel Holsgrove; Scenario Section 12: Trauma; 36. Obstetric trauma John Butler; Scenario Section 13: Neonatal; 37. Newborn life support (preterm delivery) in obstetric anaesthesia Jonathan Hurst; Index.