By Brenda M. Engler, Scott Alexander Harvey, Arthur Jason Vaught

Fundamental Critical Care Support: Obstetrics has transformed practices around the world to enhance care given to pregnant patients. It is designed for a multiprofessional audience including intensivists and nonintensivists who may provide maternal/fetal critical care and for obstetric clinicians seeking additional education.Fundamental Critical Care Support courses introduce important critical care principles for all healthcare practitioners who may treat critically ill or injured patients in many different scenarios. The focus is on early recognition and assessment of the critically ill patient, with additional core management strategies for various scenarios during the early phases of critical illness.