Fundamental Critical Care Support: Obstetrics

Friday, November 14, 2025, 7:30 AM - Saturday, November 15, 2025, 4:45 PM, WGVCV Conference Center, Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA


AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (15.00 hours), American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) CE Credits (15.00 hours), Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) CE Credits (15.00 hours), Non-Physician Attendance (15.00 hours)

The Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences and Surgery and the Division of Critical Care Medicine in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care proudly present the Society of Critical Care Medicine course: Fundamental Critical Care Support: Obstetrics (FCCS: OB) which provides training specific to treating the critically ill or injured pregnant patient.

Lecture Topics Include:

• Physiologic Changes During Pregnancy

• Airway Management in the Pregnant Patient

• Preeclampsia/Eclampsia

• Maternal Cardiac Arrest

• Obstetric Hemorrhage

• Sepsis in Pregnancy

• Cardiac Conditions in Pregnancy

• Fetal Evaluation and Fetal Concerns in the Seriously Ill Pregnant Patient

• Management of Delivery and Newborn

• Thromboembolic Disease and Pregnancy

• Mechanical Ventilation in Pregnancy

• Pregnancy-related AKI

• Transport of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient

• Nonobstetric Surgical Diseases in the Pregnant Patient

• Neurocritical Care in Pregnancy

Skills Stations Include:

• Management of Severe Preeclampsia and Eclampsia

• Postpartum Hemorrhage

• Cardiopulmonary Arrest in Pregnancy

• Mechanical Ventilation

• Trauma

1. Prioritize key assessment needs for critically ill pregnant patients using structured evaluation tools and clinical judgment.
2. Apply knowledge of pregnancy-related physiologic changes to interpret clinical findings and adjust management strategies.
3. Recognize and manage specific maternal obstetric and medical conditions by selecting and initiating evidence-based treatments.
4. Perform optimal maternal CPR and airway management techniques in simulated scenarios involving critically ill pregnant patients.
5. Conduct fetal assessments, initiate appropriate delivery procedures, and implement immediate neonatal management steps according to established guidelines.
6. Identify situations requiring expert consultation or patient transfer, and execute the appropriate processes to ensure safe and timely transfer of pregnant patients.

Course Number: MMC26083

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Advance registration closes one (1) week prior to the start of the course on November 7, 2025.

Fees

	Early Bird prior to October 1	Regular prior to October 31
Physicians	$480	$500
Nurses / Advanced Practice Professionals	$280	$300
Residents / Fellows	$200	$225

* See website for last minute tuition rates after October 31st

* This course requires the Fundamental Critical Care Support: Obstetrics book. Once registered, attendees will be contacted to designate preference for hard copy versus eBook. The digital syllabus will be shared with attendees a week before the meeting.

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CONFERENCE LOCATION

UCSF Wayne and Gladys Valley Center for Vision, at Mission Bay, 490 Illinois St., San Francisco, CA

Onsite attendance We advise you to register early as space is limited. All course times are in the Pacific Daylight Time Zone. Food will include breakfast and lunch.