Approach to Trauma in the Gravid Patient

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

4:10pm – 4:30pm ET

Location: Sandringham/Windsor - 2nd Level

CE: 0.25 CME Credit

Speaker(s)

Lauren Friend, MD (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Session Moderator(s)

Kathleen Stephanos, MD, FAAEM (she/her/hers)

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Lauren Friend, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

You receive a call over the radio from EMS that they are bringing in a patient who is 32 weeks pregnant who was just in a high speed care accident. The patient is complaining of abdominal pain and the last blood pressure was 90/52. How do you prepare to take high quality care of this patient? What special considerations do you need to keep in mind? What controversies in care exist within this unique population? Come learn how to prepare for the assessment and care of gravid patients with traumatic injuries.

Learning Objectives:

Identify special considerations affecting assessment and disposition decisions in the gravid trauma patient.
Prepare to lead a resuscitation for a critically ill gravid patient with traumatic injury understanding the changes in physiology of gravid patients which influence assessment and resuscitation.
Analyze current controversies and developing areas of research in obstetric trauma care.