Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO®) Course - Jonesboro
- Mar. 6, 2027 (Sat)
- Jonesboro, AR
- Credits pending
- Registration fee$714
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The lifesaving strategies you’ll learn at an ALSO® course can improve obstetric emergency outcomes. Your entire team can learn standardized approaches to improve patient safety at a time when:
- Pregnancy-related deaths have doubled in the United States since 2014.
- Areas with limited or no access to maternal care are called maternity care deserts. These regions affect 1 in 12 women across the US.
- High-risk pregnancies are on the rise due to increased cases of multiples, advanced age at pregnancy, and pregnant patients with chronic disease.
- More than 35% of US counties lack obstetric clinicians and birthing clinics.
Team-based, hands-on instruction and comprehensive prework prepare family medicine obstetric care teams to manage a wide range of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum complications.
The lifesaving strategies you’ll learn at an ALSO® course can improve obstetric emergency outcomes. Your entire team can learn standardized approaches to improve patient safety at a time when:
- Pregnancy-related deaths have doubled in the United States since 2014.
- Areas with limited or no access to maternal care are called maternity care deserts. These regions affect 1 in 12 women across the US.
- High-risk pregnancies are on the rise due to increased cases of multiples, advanced age at pregnancy, and pregnant patients with chronic disease.
- More than 35% of US counties lack obstetric clinicians and birthing clinics.
Team-based, hands-on instruction and comprehensive prework prepare family medicine obstetric care teams to manage a wide range of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum complications.
Why choose AAFP’s ALSO® Course?
- Trusted by clinicians
- Developed by multidisciplinary experts in obstetric care
- Backed by the AAFP’s rigorous CME Credit System and the ACCME’s highest accreditation commendation
Successful completion of online prework is mandatory prior to attending the live portion of this course.
Course details
At the successful completion of the ALSO Course, participants should be able to:
- Discuss methods of managing pregnancy and birth urgencies and emergencies, which standardizes the skills of practicing pregnancy care providers.
- Demonstrate content and skill acquisition as evidenced by successful completion of course examination, skills workstations, and group testing stations.
Assisted vaginal delivery
Birth crisis
Cardiac complications of pregnancy
First-trimester pregnancy complications
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
Intrapartum fetal surveillance
Labor dystocia
Late pregnancy bleeding
Malpresentations, malpositions and multiple gestation
Postpartum hemorrhage
Pregnancy related sepsis
Preterm labor and prelabor rupture of membranes
Safety in pregnancy care
Shoulder dystocia
Trauma and resuscitation in pregnancy
Venous thromboembolism in pregnancy
ALSO courses use team-based, hands-on instruction and comprehensive prework to prepare the entire pregnancy care team to manage obstetric emergencies, including:
- Birth crisis
- Hypertensive disorders
- Postpartum hemorrhage
- Preterm labor/membrane rupture
- Shoulder dystocia
- Trauma and resuscitation
- Venous thromboembolism
- Family physicians
- OB/GYNs*
- Nurses and midwives (As an approved provider of CNE by the Kansas State Board of Nursing, this course offering is approved for APRN, RN or LPN relicensure)
- Emergency care providers
*The ALSO Course - Live portion meets the conditions for Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part IV for obstetrician learners through the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG). One must complete the Online course prior to attending the Live course.