TY - JOUR T1 - Management of pregnancy and obstetric complications in prehospital trauma care: prehospital resuscitative hysterotomy/perimortem caesarean section JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J DO - 10.1136/emermed-2016-205979 SP - emermed-2016-205979 AU - Emir Battaloglu AU - Keith Porter Y1 - 2017/03/07 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/07/emermed-2016-205979.abstract N2 - The need for prehospital resuscitative hysterotomy/perimortem caesarean section is rare. The procedures can be daunting and clinically challenging for practitioners. Maternal death can be averted by swift and decisive action. This guideline serves to inform prehospital practitioners about conducting maternal resuscitation following cardiac arrest, provides an evidence-based framework to support decision making and highlights areas for improvement in prehospital care. ER -