Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) Hybrid Course

The ALSO Provider Course is an evidence-based, inter-professional, and multidisciplinary educational training program designed to assist health professionals in developing and maintaining the knowledge and skills needed to effectively manage the emergencies which arise in maternity care. The course includes required reading, lectures, and hands-on workstations. Evaluation is by a written exam and skills assessment stations. There are many appropriate ways of managing emergencies. The treatment guidelines presented in ALSO do not necessarily represent the only way to man age problems and emergencies. Instead, these guidelines are presented as reasonable methods of management in obstetrical emergencies. Each maternity care clinician must ultimately exercise his or her own professional judgement in deciding on appropriate action in emergency situations.

ALSO promotes safety by teaching a standardized approach to obstetric emergency situations. Standard ization is a key patient safety element that can reduce variation in practice and duplication of time and resources, and provide reliability of patient care proce dures. Knowledge of the content, practice of manual skills, and use of mnemonics reduce the likelihood of error and the incidence of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality.