Birth Emergency Skills Training: Essentials of Safe Practice for Community Midwives - Paperback

by Bonnie U. Gruenberg Facnm (Author)

Since its release in 2008, Birth Emergency Skills Training (BEST) has equipped thousands of midwives with the knowledge and confidence to manage obstetrical emergencies.

Building on the trusted first edition, Birth Emergency Skills Training: Essentials of Safe Practice for Community Midwives delivers updated clinical guidance and practical strategies for recognizing and managing complications in community birth settings. Grounded in core competencies, it promotes evidence-based care for antepartum bleeding, postpartum hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders, abdominal pain, respiratory distress, undiagnosed twins, trauma, neonatal resuscitation, malpresentations, and more.

Expanded and fully revised, this edition offers broader clinical coverage, new mnemonics, updated graphics, and additional photographs and illustrations. The text guides the reader from the first steps of intervention through definitive care, bridging anticipation and action, midwifery and medicine.

Award-winning and richly illustrated, Birth Emergency Skills Training(R) remains an essential resource for midwives, students, nurses, and other birth professionals. Visit https: //www.birthemergencyworkshops.com to explore available workshops and learning opportunities.

Book Details
598 pages of accessible, clinically focused text
27 original mnemonic tools for rapid recall
221 instructional figures, including drawings and photographs
71 practical reference tables