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Colleen Sinnott1, Katherine H Campbell1, Christian M Pettker2
1Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Abstract:
Effective labor and delivery care hinges on tightly knit teams, shared goals, and a culture of safety. This article outlines how diverse professionals-from physicians and nurses to anesthesiologists and families-become a functioning unit through clearly defined roles, leadership, and a common mental model. It emphasizes structured tools, standardized language, and safety huddles (bedside and unit) to align care, reduce delays, and manage emergencies. Frameworks like Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation and Illness severity, Patient, Action, Synthesis, Summary support clear communication; color-based cesarean grading clarifies urgency; and a fetal heart rate observer improves monitoring vigilance.
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