Welcome to Resolving Shoulder Dystocia! This online course uses Midwife Gail Tully’s knowledge of anatomy alongside an understanding of when and how to act when a shoulder dystocia occurs. Tully demonstrates safe techniques for resolving multiple types of shoulder dystocia. 

In this continuing education course, you will have 60 days of access to presentations, birth videos, first-hand experiences of midwives, practice drills, printable resources, and more. This course reviews birth anatomy, the different types of SD, solutions for each type, and how to think critically in a time of crisis and incorporate this life-saving information into your practice.

In combination with ReStory Birthwork’s in person Resolving Shoulder Dystocia course, Spinning Babies® continues to value the importance of shoulder dystocia skills to save a baby. Knowing how and when to help a baby is essential for midwives, nurses, and obstetricians. For more information about the 7 hour in person course which includes hands-on simulations, see our Workshops.

Course Objectives

1. Identify an early sign of shoulder dystocia
2. Compare an inlet and outlet dystocia
3. List the four steps of FlipFLOP for resolving shoulder dystocia
4. Plan an appropriate technique for bilateral inlet dystocia
5. Strategize an appropriate technique for bilateral outlet dystocia

Graciously hosted by Spinning Babies®, this online course provides three (3) continuing education contact hours from ANCC. Spinning Babies® is accredited as a provider of continuing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (ANCC).