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High spinal after epidural top-up

Educational use only. Not clinically reviewed

31-year-old woman for Emergency cesarean delivery. About 8 simulated minutes.

What you will practise

  • Recognize the rapidly progressive pattern and call for help.
  • Give high inspired oxygen and support breathing as ventilation weakens.
  • Treat hypotension with a small fluid bolus and the stocked vasopressor.
  • Protect oxygenation while the modeled block progresses.

Review and sources

Not clinically reviewed. No clinician has signed this scenario.

  • Obstetric Anaesthetists’ Association. High central neuraxial block. Obstetric Quick Reference Handbook, section 2-7, version 1.

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Open Sim Lab is an educational simulator, not for clinical use. It is not a clinical decision-support tool, not a dosing calculator, and is not validated for any decision affecting a real patient.