EMS Care Chapter 27 | Gynecologic, Obstetric, and Neonatal Emergencies

We begin this chapter on Care for Gynecologic, Obstetric, and Neonatal Emergencies with an introduction to the subject. We subsequently explore in-depth:

• Lesson 1: Anatomy and Physiology of the female reproductive system
• Lesson 2: Physiology of Labor and Pre-Delivery Assessment
• Lesson 3: Normal Childbirth
• Lesson 4: Post Delivery: Neonate & Mother
• Lesson 5: Childbirth Complications
• Lesson 6 discusses Pregnancy Emergencies, and
• Lesson 7 covers Gynecological Emergencies
• Lesson 8 is a Chapter Review

The Core Concepts and takeaways from this chapter include:

• Understand the anatomy and physiology of the female productive system.
• Know how pregnancy affects female physiology and anatomy
• Recognize a pregnancy emergency and be able to manage the evolving conditions
• Caring for a neonate including resuscitation
• Managing the mother post-delivery
• Pre-labor pregnancy emergencies
• Have a basic overview of non-pregnancy related gynecological emergencies

Important Notes:

• If you only want to take the online course for CME credit, you can pay here.  The fee for online-only does NOT include a skills session nor (re)certification.  You will receive a certificate for CME credit after successful completion of the course.
• This course is part of the EMT Recertification Day 2 curriculum and the New Initial EMT Course.  If you sign up for one of those courses, you will be automatically enrolled in this course. Click here for scheduled courses.
• To get credit for this course, you must watch all 8 lessons in their entirety, the course review, and pass the quiz at the end with a score of 75% or better.