In hospitals across the country, OBHG clinicians deliver lifesaving care every single day. Their around-the-clock presence ensures that all obstetrical patients receive immediate, unbiased care.
Today’s story focuses on OBHG Site Director Dr. Samira Tahtawi and how she delivered lifesaving care to a patient.
Summary:
OBHG Site Director Dr. Samira Tahtawi arrived for her shift to find a laboring patient had been admitted the night before.
The patient, a refugee from South America who didn’t speak English, was accompanied by her husband who was translating for her.
The labor had progressed to the point where the patient started pushing. However, after three and a half hours of intense effort, exhaustion started to set in. Dr. Tahtawi recommended a vacuum delivery to help the patient, who agreed.
The baby was delivered and placed on the patient’s chest to initiate a special bonding moment. Shortly after the delivery of the placenta, the patient began to experience brisk bleeding, far more than what was anticipated at this stage.
Dr. Tahtawi promptly instructed the nurses to administer medications to control the bleeding. Unfortunately, these medications did not help. Dr. Tahtawi had to make a critical decision.
WATCH her story and learn how our OB hospitalists deliver life-saving obstetric care.
“This story is important because as an OB hospitalist, I get to witness every day, how critical it is that we’re in the field on the ground 24/7 providing instant care for patients who need emergency attention, which this case illustrates. The key thing about the story was earlier in the day, we had the rep for this particular vacuum that we use for the uterus. She had come to the hospital to train the staff on this device and I popped in to get some tips for providers. This proved to be invaluable at the moment that I needed to use it so it was very good timing for this case, but it also shows how as a hospitalist we are on the cutting edge of knowing what’s the best and what’s immediately available to help our patients where they need care in seconds, not hours.”