Description

General Objectives

Identify the different types of anaesthesia and analgesia used in the specialty of obstetrics and the new developments related to them.

To update on the most common and effective types of anaesthesia and analgesia for labour and caesarean section and to understand the importance of the anaesthesia service in obstetrics.

Improving care for women during childbirth with the best available scientific evidence.

 

Addressed to:

This online / distance learning programme is aimed at all personnel in:

Midwives.

Graduates in nursing.

Technician in Auxiliary Nursing Care.

 

Content


Theme I. Summary:

Summary.

Summary.

Self-assessment.

 

Theme II. Justification:

Justification.

Summary.

Self-assessment.

 

Topic III. Theoretical framework:

Theoretical framework.

Summary.

Self-assessment.

 

Topic IV. Anaesthesia and analgesia in obstetrics:

Anaesthesia and analgesia in obstetrics.

Summary.

Self-assessment.

 

Theme V. Physiological changes during pregnancy:

Physiological changes during pregnancy.

Summary.

Self-assessment.

 

Topic VI. Effects of pain on the mother and foetus:

Effects of pain on the mother and foetus.

Summary.

Self-assessment.

 

Topic VII. Types of anaesthesia and analgesia in obstetrics:

Types of anaesthesia and analgesia in obstetrics.

Analgesia during labour.

Regional analgesia.

Epidural analgesia in childbirth.

Combined spinal-epidural analgesia in labour.

Epidural anaesthesia at caesarean section.

Spinal anaesthesia at caesarean section.

Combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia at caesarean section.

General anaesthesia at caesarean section.

Summary.

Self-assessment.

 

Topic VIII. Complications and special cases:

Complications and special cases.

Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.

HELLP syndrome.

Peripartum haemorrhage.

Failed intubation in pregnant women under general anaesthesia.

Amniotic fluid embolism.

Complications of regional anaesthesia and analgesia.

Summary.

Self-assessment.

Additional information

Country

Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru

Duration

50 hrs

Certification

UEMC

Ranking

Other specialities

Documentation