Undiagnosed breech at full dilatation — emergency management station

Station brief

Format. Emergency management station, approximately 12 minutes. You are the obstetric registrar in a birth suite room. A midwife and a student midwife are with you; the anaesthetist and neonatal team have been called; the consultant is 20 minutes away. The assessor runs the clock and feeds you new findings. ^[1]

Candidate instruction. Lead the management of an undiagnosed breech birth in progress. Verbalise your actions, your reasoning, your escalation triggers and your communication with the woman and the team. ^[1][5]