Cardiac disease in labour — emergency management and planning station

Station brief

Format. Emergency-management and planning station, approximately 12 minutes. You are the obstetric registrar on a birth suite with an anaesthetist and a cardiology registrar contactable. A midwife is with the patient. The assessor runs the clock and feeds new observations. ^[4]

Candidate instruction. Recognise and manage the decompensation, lead the team, defend your decisions about mode and timing of birth, and plan the postpartum surveillance. Verbalise your actions and your communication with the team. ^[4]