Subgaleal haemorrhage after vacuum — emergency management station

Station brief

Format. Emergency management station, approximately 12 minutes. You are the obstetric registrar on the postnatal ward. A midwife is with you; the neonatal registrar is 10 minutes away and has been called. The assessor will run the clock and feed you new observations. ^[1]

Candidate instruction. Lead the management of suspected subgaleal haemorrhage after a difficult vacuum delivery. Verbalise your resuscitation steps, your surveillance framework, your escalation triggers, and your communication with the team and the parents. ^[1][2]