Treat Mom First: Amniotic Fluid Embolus and Other Peri-partum Emergencies for EMS

A postpartum patient does not need to look dramatic to be in real danger. In this episode from FAST26, Ross talks with Amy Loucks, RN about pregnancy-related deaths, maternal care deserts, postpartum warning signs, hypertension, cardiomyopathy, infection, and the calls EMS can easily miss. Then Elizabeth Garchar, MD walks through amniotic fluid embolism, now often framed as an anaphylactoid reaction of pregnancy: sudden cardiovascular collapse, right heart failure, DIC, TXA, whole blood, AOK, and the principle that matters most when everything goes bad: treat mom first. Get 10% off your ABLS now or ABLS live course and sign up to win a free course: https://bit.ly/aba-loud-clear Interested in the Loud & Clear Fellowship? Sign up for a free coaching call to learn more: https://emspodcast.com/free-coaching-... Sign up for a weekly newsletter The Confidence Dispatch for EMS performance tips delivered straight to your inbox: emspodcast.com/newsletter Other Episode Resources- CDC: Preventing pregnancy-related deaths — https://www.cdc.gov/maternal-mortalit... Amniotic fluid embolism overview — https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health... AOK regimen for amniotic fluid embolism — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... https://www.marchofdimes.org/peristats/ https://www.marchofdimes.org/research... https://saferbirth.org/  https://www.nmperinatalcollaborative....