title: Management of pregnancy and obstetric complications in prehospital trauma care: prehospital resuscitative hysterotomy/perimortem caesarean section.
abstract: The need for prehospital resuscitative hysterotomy/perimortem caesarean section is rare. The procedures can be daunting and clinically challenging for practitioners. Maternal death can be averted by swift and decisive action. This guideline serves to inform prehospital practitioners about conducting maternal resuscitation following cardiac arrest, provides an evidence-based framework to support decision making and highlights areas for improvement in prehospital care.
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Clinical Traumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK e.battaloglu@nhs.net.
authors.forename: Emir
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Battaloglu
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Clinical Traumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000379:methods / Q000401:mortality; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020883:Hysterotomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007813:Laparotomy / Q000379:methods; D058687:Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Pre-Hospital Emergency Care; Pregnancy; Trauma