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The Critical Care Obstetrics Podcast

Your trusted resource for everything to do with high-risk and critical care obstetrics. Our experienced, interprofessional team shares insights from years of practice, simulation, and team training—making complex topics simple and easy to understand. Sometimes it’s just us, sometimes it’s guests, and sometimes it’s case reviews—always with the goal of helping you provide the best care. Thanks for listening!

Minor Trauma in the ED

44 mins; March 29, 2026

Recognizing Green Flags in Obstetrics

44 mins; March 16, 2026

Recognizing Red Flags in Healthcare

39 mins; March 01, 2026

What "Can Do" Culture Can Do in Healthcare, Part 2

49 mins; February 15, 2026

What "Can Do" can do to your unit

50 mins; February 01, 2026

When a Mother Dies Pt. 2

42 mins; January 18, 2026

When a Mother Dies Pt.1

64 hours 43 mins; January 04, 2026

Resuscitative Cesarean Case Review

49 mins; December 21, 2025

Inter-professional Practice

35 mins; December 07, 2025

Interview with Hospitalist Courtney Martin

57 mins; November 23, 2025

Using Deliberate Practice to Develop Team Skills

24 mins; November 09, 2025

Pet Peeves in Healthcare: Stephanie's Perspective (Austin: 3rd release)

27 mins; October 26, 2025

Pet Peeves in Healthcare: Suzanne's Perspective

31 mins; October 12, 2025

Pet Peeves in Healthcare: Julie's Perspective

25 mins; September 28, 2025

From Nurse to Patient: A Unique Perspective

62 hours 47 mins; September 14, 2025

Lessons Learned from a Sepsis Case: Conflict Resolution

59 mins; August 31, 2025

Cesarean Section is Major Abdominal Surgery

33 mins; August 17, 2025

Rural Care, Real Challenges: Telehealth & Critical Obstetrics

33 mins; August 03, 2025

Acute Anxiety in Obstetrics

25 mins; July 20, 2025

Listener Q&A Part 4: ARDS and Cardiomyopathy

45 mins; July 06, 2025

Listener Questions Part 3: AFE versus Pulmonary Embolus

42 mins; June 08, 2025

Communication in Obstetric Emergencies

34 mins; May 26, 2025

Role of Doula in High-Risk Pregnancies: Interview with HeHe Stewart

51 mins; May 12, 2025

Listener Q and A: Hypertensive Disorders

51 mins; April 27, 2025

Listener Q and A: Obstetric Hemorrhage

44 mins; April 13, 2025

Debrief: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy or Preeclampsia with Severe Features

42 mins; March 31, 2025

Obstetrics Scope of Service

40 mins; March 02, 2025

Diagnostic Dilemma: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy or Preeclampsia with Severe Features

32 mins; March 02, 2025

Debrief of Sepsis Survivor Interview

47 mins; February 16, 2025

Eclampsia: What's Your Management Plan?

41 mins; February 03, 2025

Would You Have Sent this Patient Home? Interview with a Sepsis Survivor and Advocate.

50 mins; January 19, 2025

Vital Signs are Vital: Temperature

33 mins; January 05, 2025

Vital Signs are Vital: SpO2

26 mins; December 22, 2024

Vital Signs are Vital: Respiratory Rate

33 mins; December 08, 2024

Vital Signs are Vital: Blood Pressure

31 mins; November 24, 2024

Vital Signs are Vital: Heart Rate

29 mins; November 11, 2024

The Critical Care Obstetrics Academy

18 mins; October 29, 2024

How to do an Effective Recap in Simulation and Actual Emergencies

19 mins; October 15, 2024

A Diagnostic Dilemma: Was It Amniotic Fluid Embolism, Sepsis, or Pulmonary Embolism?

55 mins; September 30, 2024

Examining the Impact: Insights from a Maternal Mortality Review Committee

45 mins; September 15, 2024

Professional Behavior: You Know It When You See It

34 mins; September 02, 2024

Maintaining Situation Awareness During an Emergency

39 mins; August 18, 2024

What is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist and When do I Need One?

34 mins; August 05, 2024

A Case Study of Preeclampsia and Pulmonary Edema: Why Can't We Get This Right?

54 mins; July 22, 2024

I LOVE URINE - Especially in Patients with Preeclampsia!

31 mins; July 07, 2024

Recording actual patient care for Quality Improvement: Coming to a hospital near you?

16 mins; June 23, 2024

Informed Consent is More Than a Piece of Paper

19 mins; May 27, 2024

Practical Tips for Conducting and Participating in Real Clinical Event Debriefings

11 mins; May 12, 2024

Is Obstetric Hemorrhage Different from Trauma? An Interview with Dr Alan Frankfurt

54 mins; April 29, 2024

The WAR on Invasive Group A Strep

37 mins; April 14, 2024

A-OK for AFE is not AOK

18 mins; March 31, 2024

Family Presence During Maternal Resuscitation

24 mins; March 17, 2024

Resuscitation from (massive) obstetric hemorrhage: Who, What, When and How

70 hours 8 mins; March 03, 2024

Diabetic Ketoacidosis: Do you have a management plan and protocol?

43 mins; February 19, 2024

Would You Recognize Pulmonary Edema in Pregnancy?

45 mins; February 05, 2024

Rethinking The Response To Maternal Early Warning Criteria

21 mins; January 22, 2024

Another Obstetric Hemorrhage Case and Preventable Outcome

37 mins; January 08, 2024

How to Use the Chain of Command

34 mins; December 11, 2023

Debriefing to improve team performance: A discussion with Dr Lou Halamek

28 mins; November 27, 2023

Postpartum Hemorrhage: An Unusual Case Study Part 2

34 mins; November 13, 2023

Postpartum Hemorrhage: An Unusual Case Study Part 1

50 mins; October 30, 2023

Human Factors: What is it and what role does it have in healthcare?

25 mins; October 16, 2023

Case Study: A low-risk patient becomes high-risk and critically ill.

53 mins; October 02, 2023

Thoughts on Preparing OB Units for a Disaster: A Discussion with Dr Kay Daniels

27 mins; September 17, 2023

Anemia in Pregnancy is Not Normal: Part 2

24 mins; September 04, 2023

Anemia in Pregnancy is Not Normal: Part 1

28 mins; August 20, 2023

Obstetric Life Support

24 mins; August 07, 2023

Let's Talk About Magnesium

30 mins; July 24, 2023

When is your patient saying SCANME?

12 mins; July 10, 2023

Perinatal Stroke: Would You Have Recognized the Signs?

33 mins; June 26, 2023

An Interview with Kayleigh Summers, The Birth Trauma Mama

43 mins; June 05, 2023

Maternal Mortality in the US: What's Happening?

35 mins; May 22, 2023

Cardiac Disease or Preeclampsia? An Unusual Case Study

41 mins; November 24, 2021

A Peripartum Sepsis Case Study

37 mins; November 10, 2021

COVID in Pregnancy Talking Points

18 mins; October 27, 2021

Using Deliberate Practice to Improve Performance During Maternal Cardiac Arrest

28 mins; October 13, 2021

Seven Steps to Highly Reliable Patient Care

42 mins; September 29, 2021

Interview with an Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy Survivor and Midwife

57 mins; September 15, 2021

Amniotic Fluid Embolism Part 2: Management and the 3 B's

26 mins; August 18, 2021

Amniotic Fluid Embolism Part 3: Using Simulation to Prepare and A Case Discussion

48 mins; August 11, 2021

Amniotic Fluid Embolism Part 1: Clinical Presentation and Diagnosis

37 mins; August 04, 2021

From AFE Survivor to AFE Activist: An Interview with Miranda Klassen

26 mins; July 21, 2021

Why Checklists Matter in Obstetric Emergencies

34 mins; July 07, 2021

An Obstetric Sepsis Case Study

34 mins; June 23, 2021

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Part 2: Labor and Birth

20 mins; June 09, 2021

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Part 1: Presentation and Diagnosis

20 mins; May 26, 2021

Mitral Stenosis in Pregnancy: Antepartum and Intrapartum Care

29 mins; May 12, 2021

Using Simulation to Prepare for a Pregnant Woman with Complex Cardiac Disease

22 mins; April 28, 2021

Preparing Nurses to Care for the Pregnant Patient with Cardiac Disease

47 mins; April 21, 2021

Pop Up Podcast: The Importance of Critical Thinking in Obstetrics

19 mins; April 14, 2021

Pop Up Podcast: Special Considerations of the Critically Ill Postpartum Patient

32 mins; April 07, 2021

Vital Signs are Vital

42 mins; March 31, 2021

Antepartum Assessment of the Pregnant Cardiac Patient: An Interview with Afshan Hameed, MD

30 mins; March 24, 2021

Plan of Care for the Pregnant and Postpartum Cardiac Patient

43 mins; March 17, 2021

Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy: A Review of the Fundamentals

24 mins; March 10, 2021

Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy: Kick Off Episode

18 mins; March 03, 2021

Perimortem Cesarean Delivery

12 mins; July 15, 2020

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - The Fundamentals

14 mins; July 08, 2020

A Preeclampsia Case Study

19 mins; July 01, 2020

Mitral Stenosis in Pregnancy

7 mins; June 24, 2020

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