title: Introducing emergency preparedness in childbirth education classes.
abstract: In the wake of recent natural and man-made disasters and emergency situations, pregnant women are especially vulnerable. The authors of this column encourage childbirth educators to include disaster preparedness instruction and emergency childbirth techniques in their class content.
authors.affiliation: LAUREN DEWALD is a graduate labor and birth nurse at Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Lauren
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dewald
authors.forename: Lily
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fountain