Post-caesarean sepsis on day 2 — emergency management station

Station brief

Format. Emergency management station, approximately 12 minutes. You are the obstetric registrar on the postnatal ward. A midwife and a junior doctor are with you; the consultant is contactable in clinic. The assessor will run the clock and feed you new observations. [1]

Candidate instruction. Lead the first-hour management of suspected postoperative puerperal sepsis. Verbalise your actions, your drug orders with doses, your escalation triggers, and your communication with the team and the woman. [1]