Fetal Pillow part of 'Difficult Fetal Extraction' skills station27-30 September 2018 / SOGH 2018 Annual Clinical Meeting, Cleveland Ohio
Fetal Pillow was included as part of 'Difficult Fetal Extraction' skills station at the recent Society of OB/GYN hospitalists Annual Clinical Meeting. The difficult delivery station was led by Dr Margaret Dow and covered caesarean section techniques with an impact head including the use of Fetal Pillow.
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Fetal Pillow part of 'The Cutting Edge: Proceduralist Obstetrics & Gynaecological Skills' workshop
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Friday 3 August 2018 / Venue: CTEC - The University of Western Australia
Safe Obstetric Systems would like to thank the Convenor, Dr Robyn Leake, Co-Convenor, Dr Olga Ward and the highly qualified staff at CTEC for delivering an outstanding workshop. Thank you again for including Safe Obstetric Systems and Fetal Pillow, a safe choice for difficult Caesarean Sections, in this workshop. The workshop was designed to assist GP Proceduralists and GP Obstetricians across Australia in attaining an improved level of confidence in gynaecological and obstetric procedures. Demonstration was by Marilyn Cheng (Resident Clinical Specialist). To find details on the next course visit - www.ctec.uwa.edu.au |
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Fetal Pillow Winner of Patient Safety Award
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Fetal Pillow has been announced as winner of the HSJ Patient safety award for 'Best Product or Innovation for Patient Safety'
The judges said: “This winning entry was an excellent example of a clinician identifying a solution to a patient safety problem that has a devastating effect on families and staff. The panel hopes that this encourages more hospitals to adopt this approach and becomes part of standard practice.” There were over 500 entries for the awards with only 20 winners decided by a panel of expert judges. Read more about the entry here. |
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British Intrapartum Care Society conference - 18th June
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We attended the first British Intrapartum Care Society Conference. Congratulations to the organisers for a great meeting. The day was filled with presentations covering topics including:
There were a number of posters presented on a range of topics including one on Fetal Pillow. Read the blog post from Dr Rajiv Varma on some thoughts from the meeting. |
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RCOG World Congress 2018 - Fetal Pillow posters
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Did you catch the posters discussing Fetal Pillow at the RCOG World Congress? If you missed them they can be viewed here:
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RANZCOG Statement - Delivery of the fetus at caesarean section
C-Obs 37
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Updated statement from RANZCOG 'Delivery of the fetus at caesarean section - C-Obs 37' suggests use of 'inflatable devices might reduce the risk of uterine injury' in caesarean section when fetal head is deeply engaged.
Full Statement available here |
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Safe Practice in Obstetric Emergency
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November 25th -26th, 2017 - Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong
Professor Leung taught delegates about Fetal Pillow at the Professional Training Course on Safe Practice in Obstetric Emergency. Topics covered include Difficult instrumental delivery, Emergency CS, 'Failed' Caesarean Section: tips to deliver a stuck baby and PPH: Intrauterine balloon |
