Emergency Vaginal Delivery- Are You Prepared?

Saturday, April 22, 2023

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST

Location: Galerie 2-2nd Floor

Course Director(s)

Joelle Borhart, MD, FAAEM

Associate Program Director, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Georgetown University
McLean, Virginia

Pre - Conference Speaker(s)

David Carlberg, MD FAAEM

Associate Program Director
Georgetown Emergency Medicine
Washington, District of Columbia
Elizabeth Pontius, MD, FAAEM (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Annapolis, Maryland
JP

Jessica Palmer, MD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Program Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
MedStar Georgetown University Hospital & Washington Hospital Center
Washington, District of Columbia
KV

Kathryn Voss, MD

Attending Physician
Emergency Medicine
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Alexandria, Virginia
Max Rippe, MD (he/him/his)

Safety and Simulation Fellow
Emergency Medicine
MedStar Health/Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

Disclosure(s):

Joelle C. Borhart, MD, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

David J. Carlberg, MD FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose

Elizabeth Pontius, MD, FAAEM: e4/Intellis: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing)

Jessica Palmer, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Kathryn Voss, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Max Rippe, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Precipitous deliveries are one of the most stressful events an emergency physician will encounter. Fortunately, most deliveries will be normal, uncomplicated vaginal deliveries, but what if it's not? Complications such as shoulder dystocia and breech presentation have the potential to be true catastrophes for the patient, the baby, and the physician. In this hands-on simulation session, the participants will review the management of normal vaginal delivery, nuchal cord, breech presentation, and shoulder dystocia so you are ready the next time there is a baby coming in your ED!

Advanced registration is required.

Course Agenda
10:00am – 10:20am Introduction and Review of Procedures | Joelle Borhart, MD FAAEM FACEP
10:20am – 12:00pm Hands-on Stations
Breech delivery
Shoulder dystocia
Normal vaginal delivery & nuchal cord
Postpartum hemorrhage

Agenda subject to change

Learning Objectives:

Describe the management of normal uncomplicated delivery and management of nuchal cord
Describe the maneuvers to deliver a baby in vaginal breech presentation
Describe the various maneuvers to relieve shoulder dystocia