Teamwork and Communication in Acute Care: A Teaching Resource for Health Practitioners

• Main Authors: Neil Cowie (Author), Kalyani Premkumar (Author), Angela Bowen (Author), Susan Kuling (Author), Joann Kawchuk (Author), Mike Rooney (Author), Gary Morris (Author), Mark Burbridge (Author), Jocelyne Martel (Author), Joanne Sivertson (Author), David C. Campbell (Author), Cyril Coupal (Author), Kelvin Boechler (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Association of American Medical Colleges, 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The need for cesarean birth is sometimes so urgent that regional anesthesia techniques such as spinal or epidural cannot be done quickly enough to safely deliver the baby. Primary general anesthesia for surgery is a rare event on the labor and birth unit, but is the only way in which cesare...