32 – Complete Heart Block in a Pregnant Patient
32 Complete Heart Block in a Pregnant Patient Anita Macnab and Kirsty MacLennan Scenario in a Nutshell Complete heart block in patient for TOP with known Mobitz type II requiring…
33 – Cardioversion in a Pregnant Patient with Corrected Tetralogy of Fallot
33 Cardioversion in a Pregnant Patient with Corrected Tetralogy of Fallot Kailash Bhatia Scenario in a Nutshell Patient with known repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) suffers new-onset, regular, narrow complex…
24 – General Anaesthesia and Failed Intubation in a Category 1 Caesarean Section
24 General Anaesthesia and Failed Intubation in a Category 1 Caesarean Section Richard McGuire and Sharon Smith This chapter contains two scenarios relating to general anaesthesia for a category 1…
30 – Chest Pain in a Pregnant Patient
30 Chest Pain in a Pregnant Patient Shahid Karim and Sarah Vause Scenario in a Nutshell Coronary artery dissection presenting to A+E. Stage 1: Initial assessment of chest pain in…
36 – Obstetric Trauma
36 Obstetric Trauma John Butler Scenario in a Nutshell Obstetric trauma with injury to chest, abdomen and pelvis. Stage 1: A front-seat passenger in a road traffic accident (RTA) arrives…
35 – Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in the Postpartum Patient
35 Subarachnoid Haemorrhage in the Postpartum Patient Craig Carroll and Daniel Holsgrove Scenario in a Nutshell Postpartum headache and seizure from subarachnoid haemorrhage. Stage 1: Fitting patient with prior history…
37 – Newborn Life Support (Preterm Delivery)
37 Newborn Life Support (Preterm Delivery) Jonathan Hurst Scenario in a Nutshell This scenario focuses on the initial management and resuscitation of a preterm newborn infant and could be run…
34 – Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Pregnancy
34 Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Pregnancy Samantha Bonner and Jonathan Schofield Scenario in a Nutshell Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in pregnancy. Stage 1: Initial assessment of acutely unwell pregnant woman and diagnosis…
31 – Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
31 Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Omar Asghar and Sarah Vause Scenario in a Nutshell Peripartum cardiomyopathy complicated by cardiogenic shock. Stage 1: Initial assessment of new onset shortness of breath in the…
29 – Pneumonia and Respiratory Failure in a Pregnant Woman
29 Pneumonia and Respiratory Failure in a Pregnant Woman James Hanison and Dougal Atkinson Scenario in a Nutshell Antenatal viral pneumonia progressing to respiratory failure, requiring intubation. Then develops tension…
