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Scientific Assembly

Track Session

Session: Session 306

Start the Clock: Care of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient and Resuscitative Hysterotomy

Wednesday, April 9, 2025
10:15am – 10:35am ET
Location: Versailles - 2nd Level
CE: 0.25 CME Credit
OB/GYN Recorded Session

    Speaker(s)

  • Megan Healy, MD, FAAEM

    Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine
    Temple University Hospital
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

    • Co-Speaker(s)

  • Amil Badoolah, DO FAAEM

    Clinical Assistant Professor
    NYU Long Island School of Medicine
    Mineola, New York

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):
Megan Healy, MD, FAAEM: No financial relationships to disclose
Amil Badoolah, DO: No financial relationships to disclose
The US continues to see rising perimortem mortality and challenges to obstetrics access for pregnant patients. Emergency physicians in all settings must be prepared to rapidly assess and resuscitate pregnant patients. This session will review the guidelines for management of pregnant patients who are critically ill, including indications and steps for performing resuscitative hysterotomy.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the important physiological changes in pregnancy and how they impact resuscitation of the critically ill patient.
  • Rapidly assess and appropriately manage the key emergencies in term and near-term patients who present to the emergency department.
  • Define resuscitative hysterotomy, and list the indications for the procedure, critical steps and potential pitfalls.