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FCCS: Obstetrics 2nd Edition
Continuing Education

Accredited continuing education (ACE) release date: October 1, 2023 
SCCM Product Code: FCCSOB2ON
ACE expiration date: October 1, 2026
Estimated time for activity completion: 9.25 hours 

Software/Hardware and Internet Requirements
Review the software/hardware and internet requirements:
Learning Objectives
  • Prioritize assessment needs for the critically ill or injured pregnant patient
  • Select appropriate diagnostic tests for the critically ill or injured pregnant patient
  • Identify and respond to significant changes in the unstable critically ill pregnant patient
  • Recognize and initiate management of preeclampsia/eclampsia and its neurologic complications
  • Describe the priorities for management of pregnant trauma patients
  • Review invasive and noninvasive mechanical ventilation in pregnancy
  • Describe arrhythmia management in pregnancy
Target Audience

This continuing education activity is intended to meet the needs of all practitioners who care for critically ill patients, including: 

  • Advanced practice nurses
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Clinical nurse specialists
  • In-training practitioners
  • Medical directors
  • Nurses
  • Nurse educators
  • Nurse managers
  • Pharmacists
  • Physicians
  • Physician assistants
  • Research scientists
  • Respiratory care practitioners
  • Surgeons
Type of Activity

This online course is designed for clinicians who will apply their knowledge of the anatomic and physiologic changes in the pregnant patient to optimize treatment including its impact on the fetus.

Competencies

The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) supports recommendations that will promote lifelong learning through continuing education. SCCM promotes activities that encourage the highest quality in education that will enhance knowledge, competence, or performance in critical care practice. This activity will meet the following competencies: 

  • Medical knowledge
  • Interpersonal communication skills
Claiming Credit

You can access the pretest, course materials, and posttest; complete your evaluation; and claim your ACE credit by logging in to your MySCCM account with your SCCM Customer ID and password, then clicking on the icon for the course you are enrolled in under the MyLearning tab. If needed, you can click "Forgot my password" to reset your secure password.  

Credit Hours

Physicians:
Accreditation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Designation Statement: The Society of Critical Care Medicine designates this online educational activity for a maximum of 9.25 AMA PRA Category 1 credits™. Physicians should claim only those hours of credit that they actually spent in the educational activity.

 

The ACCME credits that physicians earn from this activity will be submitted to ACCME’s CME Passport, a free, centralized web application where you can create a personalized account to view, track, and generate transcripts of your reported ACCME credit. Visit www.cmepassport.org to create your account.

 

Nurses:
The FCCS: Obstetrics 2nd edition activity has been approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider No. 8181, for up to 9.25 contact hours.  

 

Pharmacists:
The Society of Critical Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This online educational activity provides up to 9.25 contact hours of continuing education credit.  

 

Module

ACPE #

Credit Hours

Claim By Date

Physiologic Changes During Pregnancy

0236-0000-23-139-H01-P

0.5

October 1, 2026

Airway Management in the Pregnant Patient

0236-0000-23-140-H01-P

0.5

October 1, 2026

Hemodynamic Monitoring

0236-0000-23-141-H01-P

0.5

October 1, 2026

Preeclampsia/Eclampsia

0236-0000-23-142-H01-P

0.5

October 1, 2026

Sepsis in Pregnancy

0236-0000-23-143-H01-P

0.75

October 1, 2026

Thromboembolic Disease and Pregnancy

0236-0000-23-144-H01-P

0.5

October 1, 2026

Obstetric Hemorrhage

0236-0000-23-145-H01-P

0.75

October 1, 2026

Cardiac Arrest Pregnancy

0236-0000-23-146-H01-P

0.5

October 1, 2026

Fetal Evaluation and Fetal Concerns

0236-0000-23-147-H05-P

0.75

October 1, 2026

Nonobstetric Surgical Diseases in the Pregnant Patient

0236-0000-23-148-H01-P

0.5

October 1, 2026

Pregnancy-Related Acute Kidney Injury

0236-0000-23-149-H01-P

0.25

October 1, 2026

Management of Delivery and Newborn Assessment

0236-0000-23-150-H01-P

0.5

October 1, 2026

Transport of the Critically Ill Pregnant Patient

0236-0000-23-151-H99-P

0.5

October 1, 2026

Mechanical Ventilation in Pregnancy

0236-0000-23-152-H01-P

0.75

October 1, 2026

Trauma in Pregnancy

0236-0000-23-153-H01-P

0.5

October 1, 2026

Cardiac Conditions in Pregnancy

0236-0000-23-154-H01-P

0.5

October 1, 2026

Neurocritical Care in Pregnancy

0236-0000-23-155-H01-P

0.5

October 1, 2026


SCCM reports to a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) tracking service, CPE Monitor, which will authenticate and store data for completed CPE units received by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. The tracking system will make CPE data for each participant available to the state boards of pharmacy where the participant is licensed or registered. After CPE units are processed by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to log in to a comprehensive electronic profile to access information about their completed CPE. 

 

Physician Assistants: The American Academy of Physicians Assistants (AAPA) accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) or a recognized state medical society. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 9.25 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. 

SCCM Grievance Procedures Policy

To provide due process in the evaluation and mediation of grievances concerning ACE activities, this Grievance Procedures Policy was developed. Grievances may concern, but are not limited to, the awarding of credit for individual participation and/or registration fees issues.

  • A written complaint or grievance should be submitted to the Education Department.
  • The Education Department will attempt to resolve the grievance of the complainant.
  • If the initial response is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the CEO/EVP for action.
  • If the response from the CEO/EVP is unsatisfactory to the complainant, the matter will be referred to the SCCM Executive Committee. The ruling of the Executive Committee will be final.
Disclosures
The content of this activity has been peer reviewed and has been approved for compliance. The faculty and contributors have indicated the following financial relationships, which have been mitigated through an established conflict-of-interest resolution process and have stated that these reported relationships will not have any impact on their ability to provide unbiased content. 
Planner and Faculty Disclosure Information

Planners: 

Marie Baldisseri, MD, MPH, FCCM

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Alexander Bastida, MD

Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Leandro Braz de Carvalho, MD, FCCM 

Sociedade Mineira de Terapia Intensiva  

Belo Horizonte, Brazil 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sarah Rae Easter, MD

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Alexandra Edwards, MD

SSM Health Saint Mary’s Hospital

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Brenda Engler, ACNP, BS, CCRN, DNP

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Luiz Foernges, MD

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Samuel M. Galvagno Jr, DO, PhD, FCCM

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Torre Halscott, MD, MS

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Scott Harvey, MD, MS, FACOG

University of California San Diego

San Diego, California, USA 

Consultant – DAXOR Medical

Patricia Micek

Society of Critical Care Medicine

Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Carlos Montufar, MD

Complejo Hospitalario Caja Seguro Social

Panama City, Panama

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Frank M O’Connell MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM

AtlantiCare Reginal Medical Center

Pomona, New Jersey, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Lauren Plante, MD, MPH

Penn State College of Medicine

Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Mary J. Reed, MD, FCCM

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Amy Reiner, CCRN, MSN, RN

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Frederico Rocha MD, MS 

University of California San Francisco 

San Francisco, California, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sophia Rodgers, ACNP, MSN, DNP, FNP

Lovelace Medical Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jeffrey M Scott, DO, MBA, FASE, FCCM 

Jackson Memorial Hospital/Miami Transplant Institute 

Miami, Florida, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Arthur Jason Vaught, MD  

John Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Baltimore, Maryland, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Randy S. Wax, MD, MEd, FCCM

Lakeridge Health/Queen’s University

Ontario, Canada

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose


 

Faculty: 

Abbas Ali, MD, FCCM, FASE 

Geisinger Medical Center  

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Marie Baldisseri, MD, MPH, FCCM

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Alexander Bastida, MD

Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center

Fort Worth, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Allison Brodsky, MD

University of California San Diego Health

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Leandro Braz de Carvalho, MD, FCCM 

Sociedade Mineira de Terapia Intensiva  

Belo Horizonte, Brazil 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kimberly Carriker, DNP, RNC-OB, NE-BC

University of San Diego

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Chad M.T. Cryer, MD, FACS 

University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine 

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Colin L Doyle, MD 

University of Hawaii 

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sarah Rae Easter, MD

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Alexandra Edwards, MD

SSM Health Saint Mary’s Hospital

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Brenda Engler, ACNP, BS, CCRN, DNP

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kristin Darwin, MD 

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Baltimore, Maryland, US

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 
Alejandra Garcia Fernandez

Texas Tech University Health Science Center

Lubbock, Texas, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Katherine L. Florecki, MD

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Luiz Foernges, MD

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Lauryn Gabby, MD

University of California, San Diego

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Samuel M. Galvagno Jr, DO, PhD, FCCM

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Nicole R. Gavin, MD

UConn Health

Farmington, Connecticut, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Torre Halscott, MD, MS

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

John Harahus, RN

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Scott Harvey, MD, MS, FACOG

University of California San Diego

San Diego, California, USA 

Consultant – DAXOR Medical

 

Gabriel K.P. Izumi, BA, RRT 

The Queen’s Medical Center 

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kara J. Izumi, PharmD, BCPS, BCNSP, BCCCP 

The Queen’s Medical Center 

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jean Luansing, PA-C 

University of California San Diego 

La Jolla, California, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Erica Magelky, MD, MA

University of California San Diego

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Caitlin M. McCarthy, PA-C 

Geisinger Medical Center 

Danville Pennsylvania, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Michael Miller, MD 

Naval Medical Center San Diego 

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Carlos Montufar, MD

Complejo Hospitalario Caja Seguro Social

Panama City, Panama

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Frank M O’Connell MD, FACP, FCCP, FCCM

AtlantiCare Reginal Medical Center

Pomona, New Jersey, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Kazuma Nakagawa, MD, FAAN, FAHA

University of Hawaii

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Cesar Padilla, MD

Stanford University School of Medicine

Palo Alto, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose 

 

Lauren Plante, MD, MPH

Penn State College of Medicine

Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Richard Pino, MD, PhD, FCCM

LSU Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Satabdi C. Pulakanti, DO, MS

Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Mary J. Reed, MD, FCCM

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Amy Reiner, CCRN, MSN, RN

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Frederico Rocha MD, MS 

University of California San Francisco 

San Francisco, California, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Sophia Rodgers, ACNP, MSN, DNP, FNP

Lovelace Medical Center

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Brooke Sanchez, MSN, CNL, CPLC

UC San Diego Health

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Michael Self, MD

UC San Diego

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Laura Selway, MSN, PCNS-BC, RNC-NIC

Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Ulrich Schmidt, MD, PhD, FCCM

UC San Diego Health

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Jeffrey M Scott, DO, MBA, FASE, FCCM 

Jackson Memorial Hospital/Miami Transplant Institute 

Miami, Florida, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Mellany Stanislaus, MD

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Tanesha Stokes, MS, MBA, RNC

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Arvind Kalyan Sundaram

Mount Auburn Hospital

Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Suraj Trivedi, MD 

Medstar Washington Hospital Center  

Washington D.C, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Eric Tzeng, MD

UC San Diego Health

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Mark Ubbens, CRNP

Geisinger Medical Center

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Arthur Jason Vaught, MD  

John Hopkins University School of Medicine 

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Ashten Waks, MD, MSPH 

University of California Irvine 

Irvine, California, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Randy S. Wax, MD, MEd, FCCM

Lakeridge Health/Queen’s University

Ontario, Canada

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

 

Daniel Young, MD 

Geisinger Medical Center 

Danville, Pennsylvania, USA 

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose


Christine Zachek, MD, MPH

UC San Diego Medical Center

San Diego, California, USA

No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose

Summary
Availability: On-Demand
Expires on 10/01/2026
Credit Offered:
9.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit Credits
9.25 ACPE (Pharmacy) – Home Study Credits
9.25 CABN (Nursing) Credits
9.25 Certificate of Participation Credits
9.25 Physician Assistant Credits
Contains: 20 Courses
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