Specalized OB training?
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I don't know of a certification, per se, but I know there are plenty of CEUs offered in OB emergencies and the like. Check your local CEU providers.
Given the HUGE potential liability in the OB field, though, I'd think that it benefits EMTs and Medics to avoid "stay and play" in favor of getting the patient to a hospital, except in cases where that's impossible (the baby is crowning and it's coming in the back of the ambulance, no matter what). Dealing with that stuff is why OB Docs get the big bucks, and have the multi-hundred-thousand dollar liability premiums.
Given the HUGE potential liability in the OB field, though, I'd think that it benefits EMTs and Medics to avoid "stay and play" in favor of getting the patient to a hospital, except in cases where that's impossible (the baby is crowning and it's coming in the back of the ambulance, no matter what). Dealing with that stuff is why OB Docs get the big bucks, and have the multi-hundred-thousand dollar liability premiums.
agreed, not much to OB anyways I've been a medic for about 7 years know and only had one field delivery, and thats still uncommon according to some of the medics at the company where I used to work.
If you became a Paramedic and work Flight, you might take some type of program like this:
http://www.obstat.org/
Transport of high risk OB is a specialty and usually those that work with these mothers everyday will be on the team.
For the field, know what you have been taught and trained to do.
http://www.obstat.org/
Transport of high risk OB is a specialty and usually those that work with these mothers everyday will be on the team.
For the field, know what you have been taught and trained to do.
NRP is a great class but that is after the baby has been delivered. However, as an EMT-B, you are very limited as to what you can do in some situations.
True, I think the company is sending me through it now mainly so they don't have to pay me at an ALS salery when I get cleared to run...
The basics of resuscitation are still the same. Meds, UVC cannulation and ETI for meconium would be the major differences.
It is still a good certification to keep current every two years and after you are a Paramedic, you may understand some of the interventions at a higher level.
It is also an area where changes do happen as more research is done just like ACLS.
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Def going paramedic... have been teeter-tottering on flight. That was my primary interest, then I saw the tuition. :wacko: But thank you for letting me know.
My department's known for getting middle-of-nowhere childbirth calls, often with mothers who've gotten little or no prenatal care. Two babies have been delivered while I was on duty so far. My crew was already on another call for both, but I figure it's only a matter of time for me. In the meantime, I'm taking as many OB CE's as I can...
I think that's very smart.
Thanks. I just wish there were more I could take as a basic. In the meantime, I'm just very thankful that I run with some experienced medics who've done it before...