- Any resuscitative efforts geared toward optimizing the medical management of the pregnant mother will optimize the fetal well-being.
- Provide high oxygen flow to compensate for the pregnancy-based predisposition toward hypoxia.
- Aggressive IV fluids administration, since blood pressure and pulse are not a reliable indicator of impending cardiovascular collapse during pregnancy.
- Avoid having the gravid uterus compressing the inferior vena cava with left-sided upward tilt, wedge displacement, or manual displacement.
- Avoid femoral lines that could be impeded by a gravid uterus.
- Administer prophylactic dose of Rhogam to all Rh-negative mothers with abdominal trauma.
- Peri-mortem C-section should be considered within 5 minutes of witnessed cardiac arrest.
