Just the facts: precipitous deliveries in the emergency department

Alexandra Hamelin^{1

2}, Dante Pascali³, Jennifer Leppard⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada. alexandra.hamelin@albertahealthservices.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. alexandra.hamelin@albertahealthservices.ca.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Alexandra Hamelin et al. CJEM. 2023 Oct.

. 2023 Oct;25(10):799-801.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00552-9. Epub 2023 Jul 12.

Alexandra Hamelin^{1

2}, Dante Pascali³, Jennifer Leppard⁴

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada. alexandra.hamelin@albertahealthservices.ca.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada. alexandra.hamelin@albertahealthservices.ca.
³ Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Unit, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cord prolapse; Nuchal cord; Post-partum hemorrhage; Precipitous delivery; Shoulder dystocia.

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