What are Obsteteric Emergencies?

Obsteteric emergencies are medical emergencies that occur to a mother or baby while the mother is pregnant or in the process of delivering a baby.

These are some specific obsteteric emergencies that most Ambulance Services train their paramedics to treat:

1. Pre-eclampsia or eclampsia (unnusually high BP as a result of pregnancy and can lead to eclampsia which is a pregnancy related seizure)

2. Miscarriage

3. Supine hypotensive syndrome

4. Antepartum haemorrhage

5. Postpartum haemorrhage

6. Prolapsed umbilical cord