Journal
PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages 595-599Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2019.1671563
Keywords
prehospital care; perimortem cesarean section; maternal resuscitation; resuscitative hysterotomy
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Cardiac arrest in pregnancy is rare. It has a reported incidence of approximately 1 in 30000 pregnancies worldwide and occurs prehospitally with rates of around 3 in every 100000 live births within the developed world. The management of maternal cardiac arrest is complicated by the anatomical and physiological changes of pregnancy, its rarity and clinician unfamiliarity. The presentation and the prehospital environment can make for an incredibly challenging, stressful and highly emotive scene. One aspect of maternal cardiac arrest management is the perimortem cesarean section, a surgical procedure that is potentially lifesaving for both mother and child. Although rarely reported in the field it is possible to successfully perform the procedure. This report details the emergent prehospital treatment of a 41-year-old woman pregnant with her first child of 30 weeks gestation. It describes a case of maternal cardiac arrest, her resuscitation and the undertaking of a prehospital perimortem cesarean section resulting in a neurologically intact infant survivor.
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