Practical Guide to Simulation in Delivery Room Emergencies

In this book the use of hybrid simulation in delivery room emergencies is described and shown. The use of a patient actor combined with a task trainer within the same session substantially improve the training for practical management of intrapartum emergencies in real life, reducing the risk of failure of operative vaginal delivery and of related adverse events, including perinatal or maternal complications. Furthermore, simulation with high reality computerized mannequin and scenography of emergency situation can improve technical and manual skills of the participants.

For this book and the related videos, a new generation of mannequins suitable for both clinical manoeuvres and ultrasound examination is used to simulate all clinical scenarios of emergency that can happen in the delivery room for both the mother and the child.

This unique book is a useful tool for medical students, residents, practicing pediatricians, anesthetists, obstetricians and all health care professionals working in the delivery room in their ability to deal with critical and emergency situations with safety and good medical practice.

The History of the Simulation in Obstetrics.- Theory of Obstetric Simulation Education.- Licensure, Certification and Credentialiting of the Instructors.- Shoulder Dystocia Simulation.- Simulation of Vacuum Extractor.- Simulation of Forceps Application.- Dystocic Labor and Delivery and Intrapartum Ultrasonographic Simulation.- Hemorrhagic Shock: Obstetric and Anesthesiologic Simulation Procedures.- Postpartum Hemorrhage and Simulation of Conservative Surgical Techniques.- Simulation of Triage in Obstetric Emergency.- Communication Skills Simulation.- Eclampsia Simulation Scenario.- Practical Simulation of Emergency Cesarean Section: Obstetric and Anesthesiological Approach.- Abnormal Invasive Placentation Simulation of Emergency Scenario: Multidisciplinary Approach.- Simulation of Pulmonary Embolism Emergency.- Sonographic Labor Analgesia Simulation of Difficult Spine and Management of Complications.- Neuraxial Labor Anesthesia and Ultrasound Detection of Lumbar Space.- Analgesia and Anesthesia in Obese Patients.- Management of Aged Pregnant Women.- Simulation of Difficult Airway Management in the Obstetric Emergency.-Simulation of Premature Neonate Life Support.- Fetal Distress and Neonatal Resuscitation.- Simulation of Umbilical Cord Catheter.- Role of Obstetric and Anesthesiological Simulation in Good Practice and Learning Curve.- Impact of the Simulation and Medico Legal Issues.

Prof. Gilda Cinnella is Full Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Director of the Residency School in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Foggia (Italy). Professor Cinnella is reviewer for international journals: Intensive Care Medicine, Minerva Anestesiologica, Journal of Inflammation, Journal of Pain Research, Critical Care Medicine, International Journal of Nanomedicine and BMC Anesthesiology. She is author of more than 100 scientific paper published in national and international journals.

Dr. Renata Beck is specialized in Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain medicine and works at the Polyclinic University Hospital, Foggia (Italy). Her major interest is obstetric anesthesia, analgesia and loco regional anesthesia. Dr. Beck is author and co-author of 12 chapters in 3 new books about obstetric anesthesia and 19 papers published in international journals. She also won ESRA Best e-poster award at 34 th Annual ESRA Congress 2015. Her current H-index is 7. 

Prof. Antonio Malvasi is partner of the New European Surgical Academy, Berlin r. He is also Former Adjunct Professor in the International Translational Medicine and Biomodeling Research Group, Department of Applied Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia. From 2005 to 2008 he was Director of the Medical Drawing School at the Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.  From 2008 he is Visiting Professor at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Perugia, Italy. From 2014 he has National Authorization as Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Health Government, Italy and he is Consultant of the Medico-legal Institute of the Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.

He is also winner of numerous awards. He is the author of 17 books (in Obstetrics and Gynecology), more than 264 papers indexed in SCOPUS, and 70 book chapters. He has participated in numerous International Conferences as Invited Speaker and Congress Chairman. Prof. Malvasi’s current H-index is 28.