EM Cases · Ectopic pregnancy
Ectopic pregnancy — ruptured tubal ectopic resus station
ACEM Fellowship OSCE resus station testing recognition of ruptured ectopic, blood product resuscitation, and simultaneous theatre activation.
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Target exams
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Prompt
A young woman with a positive pregnancy test arrives hypotensive with shoulder-tip pain and free fluid on FAST.
Station brief
Format. Clinical-management (resus) station, 11 minutes. You are the EM consultant.
References3ShowHide
- [1]Hendriks E, Rosenberg R, Prine L. Ectopic Pregnancy: Diagnosis and Management. American Family Physician, 2020.PMID 32412215
- [2]American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' Committee on Practice Bulletins—Gynecology ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 193: Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2018.PMID 29470343
- [3]National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Ectopic pregnancy and miscarriage: diagnosis and initial management NICE guideline NG126, 2026.Source