Practical Guide to Simulation in Delivery Room Emergencies

In this book the use of hybrid simulation in delivery room emergencies is described and shown. The use of a patient actor combined with a task trainer within the same session substantially improve the training for practical management of intrapartum emergencies in real life, reducing the risk of failure of operative vaginal delivery and of related adverse events, including perinatal or maternal complications. Furthermore, simulation with high reality computerized mannequin and scenography of emergency situation can improve technical and manual skills of the participants.

For this book and the related videos, a new generation of mannequins suitable for both clinical manoeuvres and ultrasound examination is used to simulate all clinical scenarios of emergency that can happen in the delivery room for both the mother and the child.

This unique book is a useful tool for medical students, residents, practicing pediatricians, anesthetists, obstetricians and all health care professionals working in the delivery room in their ability to deal with critical and emergency situations with safety and good medical practice.

Author: Gilda Cinnella
Publisher: Springer
Published: 06/14/2023
Pages: 1036
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 6.80lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.50w x 2.28d
ISBN13: 9783031100666
ISBN10: 3031100662
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Medical | Anesthesiology
- Medical | Nursing | General

About the Author
​Prof. Gilda Cinnella is Full Professor of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care and Director of the Residency School in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Foggia (Italy). Professor Cinnella is reviewer for international journals: Intensive Care Medicine, Minerva Anestesiologica, Journal of Inflammation, Journal of Pain Research, Critical Care Medicine, International Journal of Nanomedicine and BMC Anesthesiology. She is author of more than 100 scientific paper published in national and international journals.

Dr. Renata Beck is specialized in Anesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain medicine and works at the Polyclinic University Hospital, Foggia (Italy). Her major interest is obstetric anesthesia, analgesia and loco regional anesthesia. Dr. Beck is author and co-author of 12 chapters in 3 new books about obstetric anesthesia and 19 papers published in international journals. She also won ESRA Best e-poster award at 34 th Annual ESRA Congress 2015. Her current H-index is 7.

Prof. Antonio Malvasi is partner of the New European Surgical Academy, Berlin r. He is also Former Adjunct Professor in the International Translational Medicine and Biomodeling Research Group, Department of Applied Mathematics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia. From 2005 to 2008 he was Director of the Medical Drawing School at the Sapienza University, Rome, Italy. From 2008 he is Visiting Professor at the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Perugia, Italy. From 2014 he has National Authorization as Associate Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Health Government, Italy and he is Consultant of the Medico-legal Institute of the Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.

He is also winner of numerous awards. He is the author of 17 books (in Obstetrics and Gynecology), more than 264 papers indexed in SCOPUS, and 70 book chapters. He has participated in numerous International Conferences as Invited Speaker and Congress Chairman. Prof. Malvasi's current H-index is 28.