An unexpected breech delivery can be extremely stressful for any ED provider.  Read ahead for tips on how to guide you through this challenging case.  

Do you ever wake up at night in a cold sweat from a nightmare about a shoulder dystocia delivery?  This week, our OBGYN colleague Dr. Michelle Salvatore educated us on maneuvers to relieve shoulder dystocia during an ED delivery.  Read ahead for her helpful tips so you can sleep easier! 

A nurse yells out that a woman is exsanguinating from her vaginal bleeding.  You quickly realize this is different from your typical GYN patient....

A pregnant female presents with "damp" underwear upon awakening.  How do you know if she has ruptured her membranes?

A feared complication of fertility treatments: ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. What is it?? How do I treat it?? Here are some pearls!

Delivering a baby in the emergency department is far from ideal and although all usually goes well, you need to be prepared in case it doesn’t. Shoulder dystocia gets a lot of hype because of those fancy corkscrew maneuvers, so instead of that we’re going to talk about another dreaded complication, post-partum hemorrhage.

Are you unsure if you can use D-dimer testing to aid in the diagnositic evaluation for DVT/PE in the pregnant patient?  This week's Critically Appraised Topic in conference discusses the use of trimester-specific D-dimer threshold testing in pregnant patients.