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PROMPT (Practical Obstetric Multi-Professional Training) is an international organisation providing training tools and resources to support multi-professional maternity teams providing care during obstetric emergencies. This is the fourth edition of the Manual, which summarises key evidence-based knowledge for a range of obstetric emergencies. Including 23 chapters covering both common or immediately life-threatening obstetric emergencies, this Manual also features wider considerations, such as civility and teamworking, that are required for safe multi-professional working in maternity care. New chapters in this edition include mental health, equity and equality, impacted fetal head, unplanned preterm birth and diabetes emergencies in pregnancy. The content is highly readable, with accessible content, frequent use of figures, tables and flow charts to present the evidence-based concepts in an easily digestible format. PROMPT is known for clear, logical and easy-to-follow algorithms and tools to be utilised in obstetric emergencies, ensuring safe and inclusive care for women and their babies.
List of contents
Section 1. Universal care; 1. Inequality and inequity within maternity services; 2. Teamworking and human factors in maternity care; 3. Civility and workplace behaviour; 4. Perinatal mental health; Section 2. Pregnancy-related medical emergencies; 5. Diabetes emergencies in pregnancy; 6. Maternal sepsis; 7. Maternal collapse and basic life support (BLS); 8. Maternal cardiac arrest and advanced life support; Section 3. Maternal anaesthetic emergencies; 9. Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST); 10. High regional block; 11. Failed intubation; Section 4. Obstetric emergencies; 12. Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia; 13. Major antepartum haemorrhage; 14. Unplanned preterm birth; 15. Uterine rupture; 16. Cord prolapse; 17. Shoulder dystocia; 18. Impacted fetal head at caesarean birth; 19. Maternal critical care Twin birth; 20. Vaginal breech birth; 21. Uterine inversion; 22. Major postpartum haemorrhage (PPH); Section 4. Maternal critical care 23. Maternal critical care.
