EMS Protocol of the Week - Emergency Childbirth

Baby’s on the way, everyone panic!

Procedures for imminent delivery can largely take place at the CFR level, with further instructions at the BLS and ALS levels for abnormal presentations, such as breech babies or prolapsed cords. Otherwise, this protocol does a great job at giving a stepwise approach to assisting mom and baby through the delivery process. Honestly, I often refer to it myself as a refresher of the process.

Hopefully, having this protocol as a reference helps the vast majority of EMS crews get through an uneventful delivery. But what if baby is not doing alright? We’ll cover that next week, in…

Wait for it…

Our FINAL protocol!

(sort of)

www.nycremsco.org or the protocol binder for a sneak peak.

 Dave