Drill Kit

Shoulder Dystocia with Neonatal Resuscitation

This Drill Kit tests the emergency response to a shoulder dystocia complicated by a neonatal resuscitation occurring in community birth setting including the emergency transport of a neonatal patient.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify and respond to risk factors and signs of a shoulder dystocia in the community setting.
  • Perform maneuvers to resolve a shoulder dystocia.
  • Review ways to promote person-focused care during emergencies.
  • Identify and respond to neonatal distress immediately following birth in the community setting.
  • Identify need for higher level of care and initiate appropriate hospital transfer.
  • Communicate effectively, and with dignity to the patient, support people, and additional healthcare personnel in the event of neonatal transfer.

This drill kit is appropriate for:

  • Home birth practices
  • Birth centers
  • Critical access hospitals without OB services
  • Other facilities or units requiring patient transport emergency surgery or stabilization (e.g. emergency department or community hospital)

And may further engage:

  • EMS or other emergency transport partners
  • Labor & Birth unit and other relevant units at the referral hospital

To test the process of postpartum and neonatal emergency transport

Publish Information

Authored by:
Jennifer Johnson, MS, CNM

Reviewed by:
Julie Moon, CNM, APRN
Alexa Dougherty, MSN, PHN, CNM
Amy Romano, MBA, MSN, CNM, FACNM

Last updated: December 2024
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