OB Emergencies – Jamie Otremba

Course Description

OB Emergencies – Jamie Otremba

• Trauma in Pregnancy: Managing a Potential Catastrophe!
• Management Strategies for Severe Hypertension
• Rapid Response for Amniotic Fluid Embolism
• Triggering Massive Transfusion Protocols with Post-Partum Hemorrhage
• When to React to the Numbers for the At-Risk Newborn
• Unexpected Family Violence: Mediator Skills You MUST Know

Jamie Otremba, MSN, RN, CNM, will delve into the most common obstetrical emergencies presenting in today’s patients. She will provide you with a comprehensive look at the critical interventions for:

• Trauma in Pregnancy
• Severe Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy
• Managing Amniotic Fluid Embolism
• The Latest Recommendations for Post-Partum Hemorrhage
• Urgent vs. Emergent Newborn Conditions
• Interventions to Manage Violent Situations in the OB Setting

Jamie’s extensive experiences in high risk obstetrics have provided her with keen insight into these often challenging and frightening situations. She is eager to share with you many of the effective interventions that she has acquired throughout her career. Through enlightening case studies, persuasive evidence-based research and an engaging presentation style, she will teach you the current trends and treatments you need to know to manage the next OB emergency. Attend this seminar to learn new strategies and techniques that can immediately impact the maternal and fetal outcomes of your patients!

1. Identify three clinical manifestations of amniotic fluid embolism.
2. Describe the most common causes of obstetric trauma.
3. Discuss management options for post-partum hemorrhage.
4. Explain why a d-dimer is no longer recommended as part of the evaluation for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy.
5. Analyze why neurological outcomes with amniotic fluid embolism are so poor and the rapid interventions that could make a difference.
6. Compare the various treatment options for the obstetrical patient with severe hypertension.

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 Her at Risk?
• What Does the Differential Look Like?
• Rapid Response That May Save Her 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