1.3 - Maternal Collapse

Question 1

Describe the role of the midwife as a member of the multi-disciplinary team in the prevention, identification and management of obstetric emergencies.

Question 2

Identify and describe the potential causes, recognition and management of maternal collapse.

Question 3

What is the incidence and survival rate for maternal cardiac arrest?

Question 4

What physiological changes of pregnancy make resuscitation challenging?

Question 5

What adjustments need to be made to CPR in pregnancy to address these challenges?

Question 6

Identify the reversible 4H’s and 4T causes of maternal cadiac arrest

Question 7

Identify 4 non preventable causes of maternal collapse

Question 8

Amniotic Fluid Embolism

Question 9

Identify the incidence and mortality rates for AFE

Question 10

Identify 6 risk factors for AFE

Answer 10

‘Tumultuous’ contractions;*
• Age over 35 years (especially primiparous);
• • • Caesarean section; Assisted vaginal delivery; Induction of labour with prostaglandins or oxytocin; • Augmentation with oxytocin;
• Artificial rupture of membranes; Woman has a medical history of allergy or atopy; 38 Multiple pregnancy/large fetus (uterine overdistension); Meconium; Long labour; Abruption/placenta praevia.
Boyle, Maureen, and Judy Bothamley. Critical Care Assessment by Midwives, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/deakin/detail.action?docID=5434840.
Created from deakin on 2023-03-08 23:57:54.

Question 11

Draw your own flow chart to represent the two potential presentations and accompanying signs and symptoms