Trauma in pregnancy OSCE
candidate brief
actor brief
examiner brief
Patient arrives on ambulance stretcher with full C-spine precautions. She remains haemodynamically stable throughout.
RTC - car vs car, patient was driver
Bruising over abdomen and abdo pain
- Wash hands, introduce self to nurse
- Confirm patient identity
- Check need for analgesia
- Puts out obstetric trauma call - specifically to include obstetrician
- Confirms team competencies
- Maintains safe c-spine immobilisation
- Facilitates primary survey
- Prepares for FAST scan
- Prepares for Left lateral displacement of uterus
- Requests Kleihauer test and anti-D
- Requests appropriate investigations including group+save
- Leads team well
- Global mark from examiner