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Feb 2025
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S23 E2: Life Threatening Emergency

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*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma and neglect, death, infant loss,  pregnancy loss, SIDS, postpartum depression. 


*Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources   


*Sources:

American College of Nurse Midwives

https://midwife.org/ 


American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

https://www.acog.org/ 


APGAR Score

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003402.htm  


Birth Trauma

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/birth-trauma 


Breech Baby

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21848-breech-baby 


Intravenous nutrient therapy: the "Myers' cocktail"

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12410623/ 


March of Dimes

https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/about-us 


Maternal placental abnormality and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10192307/ 


Midwifery Education Accreditation Council (MEAC)

https://www.meacschools.org/ 


National Midwifery Institute

https://www.nationalmidwiferyinstitute.com/midwifery 


North American Registry of Midwives (NARM)

https://narm.org/ 


Preeclampsia

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/preeclampsia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355745 


Pseudocholinesterase deficiency

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pseudocholinesterase-deficiency/symptoms-causes/syc-20354543 


State investigating Dallas birth center and midwives, following multiple complaints from patients

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/investigates/state-investigating-dallas-birth-center-midwives-following-multiple-complaints-from-patients/287-ea77eb18-c637-44d4-aaa2-fe8fd7a2fcef 


Succinylcholine injection

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/20755-succinylcholine-injection 


Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sudden-infant-death-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20352800   


Tawagi, George. "Compound Presentations." Oxorn-Foote Human Labor & Birth, 6e Eds. Glenn D. Posner, et al. McGraw-Hill Medical, 2014, 

https://obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=1247&sectionid=75163840


Umbilical Cord Prolapse

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/12345-umbilical-cord-prolapse 


Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR)

https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/ 


Zucker School of Medicine, Amos Grunebaum, MD

https://faculty.medicine.hofstra.edu/13732-amos-grunebaum/publications 


*SWW S22 Theme Song & Artwork: 


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