Synclitc Media LLC Home of Birth Emergency Skills Training
  • Home
  • Take the Birth Emergency Skills Training Workshop
  • Buy Midwife Books
  • Ceramic sculpture and pottery
  • The art and photography of Bonnie U. Gruenberg
  • Quagga Press Wild Horse Books
  • About
  • Contact
  • About Bonnie U Gruenberg

Synclitic Media LLC

Midwife-owned independent publisher
Picture
Picture

A midwife-owned independent publisher in the heart of Lancaster County, PA

Synclitic Media LLC is a midwife-owned business based in beautiful Lancaster County, PA.  

     Synclitic Media LLC is an independent publishing and creative company producing work grounded in professional practice, scholarship, and long experience. Its core focus is evidence-based education for midwives and other birth professionals, alongside selected natural history and artistic imprints.
     Birth Emergency Skills Training® (B.E.S.T.), Synclitic Media’s flagship publication, has guided the hands of midwives since 2008 and is available as a textbook, live simulation workshop, and online continuing education course. Learn more at www.BirthEmergency.com.
     Synclitic Media also publishes Quagga Press, focused on the wild horses of the Atlantic Coast, and BeeTree Hollow, its art and craft imprint featuring sculptural pottery and nature-inspired work.

  • Birth Emergency Skills Training Workshops
  • Midwife Books
  • Wild Horse Books
  • Pottery Shop
  • Fine Art Prints
  • BeeTree Hollow Etsy
  • Bonnieworks
  • ​About
  • Contact
​Quantity discount for 10 or more copies of the same book (excluding seconds) email us at [email protected] to get 40% off the cover price. 

Saving Lives in Tanzania with Tiba Salama
In 2025, Synclitic Media LLC partnered with Tiba Salama Digital Health Co. Ltd., based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This collaboration supports Community Health Workers by providing practical education to help them recognize obstetric and newborn emergencies and encourage timely referral to health facilities.
Through this partnership, Community Health Workers train rural healthcare providers in Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEmONC) and Respectful Maternity Care, strengthening local capacity and improving outcomes for birthing families.
​Learn more about Tiba Salama’s work at https://tibasalama.co.tz

On Sale

On Sale

Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives: Paperback book (B&W)

$88.00 $70.00

Paperback Edition (Grayscale Images)

Price: $70 when purchased through this site

Regular cover price: $88

U.S. shipping only

This listing is for the grayscale paperback edition of Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives.

(See also the full-color PDF ebook and the paperback/ebook combo.)


Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives is an award-winning, 554-page paperback textbook with grayscale illustrations. It comprehensively addresses the recognition and management of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum complications, spanning care provided in community birth settings through definitive management in hospitals.


Although written primarily for midwives attending community births, the text integrates current evidence with holistic clinical perspectives that support safer maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes across practice settings.

Incorporating the latest research and professional guidance, the book includes 320 figures, 81 tables, 24 mnemonics, and numerous highlights and graphics. It is the most comprehensive textbook of its kind focused on emergency management in community-based maternity care.


Each chapter begins with clearly stated objectives and an instructive case study and concludes with discussion topics designed to anticipate real-world clinical situations.

Topics covered include maternal adaptations to pregnancy; critical thinking and risk assessment; recognizing and managing emergencies; antepartum bleeding; abdominal pain; respiratory distress; trauma; shock; altered level of consciousness; cardiac arrest; hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; preterm birth; preterm prelabor rupture of membranes; malpresentations; multiple gestation; cord prolapse; shoulder dystocia; fetal and neonatal health; neonatal resuscitation; low-birthweight infants; postpartum hemorrhage; differential diagnoses; client relations; intra- and interprofessional relations; midwifery and medicine; transferring care; compassion fatigue and burnout; and building a safer practice.


Quantity discounts are available for orders of 10 or more copies. Please email [email protected] for details.


Bonnie Urquhart Gruenberg, CNM, MSN, CRNP, is the award-winning author of Birth Emergency Skills Training; Manual for Out-of-Hospital Midwives and co-developer of the workshop by the same name. She has attended more than 2,300 births in home, birth center, and hospital settings and currently practices with WellSpan Health in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She has written and illustrated 13 books on midwifery, maternity care, and wild horse management and enjoys creating sculptural pottery, painting, photography, hiking, and hobby farming.iking, and hobby farming.

Shop

PDF Download Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives

$60.00

Full-Color PDF Ebook (Digital Download)

This listing is for the full-color PDF ebook of Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives.

(See also the paperback edition and the paperback/ebook combo.)


Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives is an award-winning textbook that addresses the recognition and management of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum complications, spanning care provided in community birth settings through definitive management in hospitals. Although written primarily for midwives attending community births, the text integrates current evidence with holistic clinical perspectives that support safer maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes across practice settings.


Incorporating the latest research and professional guidance, this 554-page textbook includes 320 figures, 81 tables, 24 mnemonics, and numerous highlights and graphics. The full-color PDF format allows optimal viewing of illustrations, tables, and visual teaching tools. Birth Emergencies is the most comprehensive textbook of its kind focused on emergency management in community-based maternity care.

Each chapter begins with clearly stated learning objectives and an instructive case study and concludes with discussion topics designed to anticipate real-world clinical situations.


Topics covered include maternal adaptations to pregnancy; critical thinking and risk assessment; recognizing and managing emergencies; antepartum bleeding; abdominal pain; respiratory distress; trauma; shock; altered level of consciousness; cardiac arrest; hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; preterm birth; preterm prelabor rupture of membranes; malpresentations; multiple gestation; cord prolapse; shoulder dystocia; fetal and neonatal health; neonatal resuscitation; low-birthweight infants; postpartum hemorrhage; differential diagnoses; client relations; intra- and interprofessional relations; midwifery and medicine; transferring care; compassion fatigue and burnout; and building a safer practice.


Bonnie Urquhart Gruenberg, CNM, MSN, CRNP, is the award-winning author of Birth Emergency Skills Training; Manual for Out-of-Hospital Midwives and co-developer of the workshop by the same name. She has attended more than 2,300 births in home, birth center, and hospital settings and currently practices with WellSpan Health in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She has written and illustrated 13 books on midwifery, maternity care, and wild horse management and enjoys pottery, painting, photography, hiking, and hobby farming.

Shop

Seconds Discount! Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives

$36.00

Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives

Seconds Edition (cosmetic imperfections only)

BIBA Award Winner

Price: $36

Regular cover price: $88

U.S. shipping only


This Seconds Edition of Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives is offered at a discounted price due to minor cosmetic imperfections only. These copies are new, unused, and fully functional, with correct pagination and complete content throughout.

Some copies may show cosmetic wear such as scuffed or rumpled covers, slight waviness or wrinkling on a few interior pages, or minor edge or corner wear. These imperfections resulted from damage to outer shipping cartons. Text, images, and usability are unaffected.

These books are not misprinted, not improperly paginated, not previously used, and not water-damaged internally. All seconds sales are final.


Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives is a 554-page paperback with grayscale illustrations and is the most comprehensive textbook of its kind. It explores the recognition and management of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum complications, spanning care in community settings through definitive management in hospitals.


Although written primarily for midwives attending community births, the book integrates current evidence with holistic clinical perspectives that support safer maternal, fetal, and neonatal outcomes in any setting.


The text incorporates the latest research and professional guidance and includes 320 figures, 81 tables, 24 mnemonics, and numerous highlights and graphics. Each chapter begins with clearly stated objectives and a case study and concludes with discussion topics grounded in real-world practice.


Topics covered include maternal adaptations to pregnancy; critical thinking and risk assessment; recognizing and managing emergencies; antepartum bleeding; abdominal pain; respiratory distress; trauma; shock; altered level of consciousness; cardiac arrest; hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; preterm birth; preterm prelabor rupture of membranes; malpresentations; multiple gestation; cord prolapse; shoulder dystocia; fetal and neonatal health; neonatal resuscitation; low-birthweight infants; postpartum hemorrhage; differential diagnoses; client relations; intra- and interprofessional relations; transferring care; compassion fatigue and burnout; and building a safer practice.


Bonnie Urquhart Gruenberg, CNM, MSN, CRNP, is the award-winning author of Birth Emergency Skills Training and co-developer of the workshop by the same name. She has attended more than 2,300 births in home, birth center, and hospital settings and currently practices with WellSpan Health in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She has written and illustrated 13 books on midwifery, maternity care, and wild horse management and enjoys creating sculptural pottery, painting, photography, hiking, and hobby farming.

Shop

Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives: paperback and ebook combo!

$100.00

Combo Special: Paperback Book + Full-Color PDF Ebook

This combo edition includes the grayscale paperback textbook and a full-color PDF ebook.

The paperback will be shipped by mail. A download link for the PDF ebook will be sent in a follow-up email after purchase.

U.S. shipping only.


Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives comprehensively addresses the recognition and management of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum complications, spanning care provided in community birth settings through definitive management in hospitals. Although written primarily for midwives attending community births, the text integrates current evidence with holistic clinical perspectives applicable across practice environments and models of care.

Incorporating the latest research and professional guidance, this 554-page textbook includes 320 figures, 81 tables, 24 mnemonics, and numerous highlights and graphics. It is the most comprehensive textbook of its kind focused on emergency management for community-based maternity care.


Each chapter begins with clearly stated learning objectives and an instructive case study and concludes with discussion topics designed to anticipate real-world clinical situations.


Topics covered include maternal adaptations to pregnancy; critical thinking and risk assessment; recognizing and managing emergencies; antepartum bleeding; abdominal pain; respiratory distress; trauma; shock; altered level of consciousness; cardiac arrest; hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; preterm birth; preterm prelabor rupture of membranes; malpresentations; multiple gestation; cord prolapse; shoulder dystocia; fetal and neonatal health; neonatal resuscitation; low-birthweight infants; postpartum hemorrhage; differential diagnoses; client relations; intra- and interprofessional collaboration; midwifery and medicine; transferring care; compassion fatigue and burnout; and building a safer practice.


Bonnie Urquhart Gruenberg, CNM, MSN, CRNP, is the award-winning author of Birth Emergency Skills Training; Manual for Out-of-Hospital Midwives and co-developer of the workshop by the same name. She has attended more than 2,300 births in home, birth center, and hospital settings and currently practices with WellSpan Health in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She has written and illustrated 13 books on midwifery, maternity care, and wild horse management and enjoys creating pottery, painting, photography, hiking, and hobby farming.

Shop

Birth Emergency Skills Training®
​ for Community Midwives

Online Workshops!

Learn More
The BEST Online offers you the convenience of learning anytime, anywhere, and at your own pace!
www.birthemergency.com

Picture
Disclaimer: Synclitic Media, LLC, has licensed Andrea Dixon, Family Way Educational Services, and Avril Bowens to use material in the books Birth Emergencies for Community Midwives and Birth Emergency Skills Training to create and teach workshops and provide online training using the name “Birth Emergency Skills Training.” Neither Bonnie U. Gruenberg nor Synclitic Media, LLC, have reviewed, are involved with, agree with, condone, or are otherwise responsible for the information, training, materials, recommendations, or procedures presented in these workshops and/or online training. Likewise, Bonnie U. Gruenberg and Synclitic Media, LLC, are not responsible for training, materials, recommendations, or procedures of any kind developed by any other third parties based on these books.
Books by Bonnie U Gruenberg
Picture
Picture
HOME
BOOK LIST


​QUAGGA PRESS


​ABOUT


​CONTACT

Picture
Synclitic Media LLC • New Providence, PA • [email protected] • ‪(717) 983-8689
© Bonnie Gruenberg © 2024

​

  • Home
  • Take the Birth Emergency Skills Training Workshop
  • Buy Midwife Books
  • Ceramic sculpture and pottery
  • The art and photography of Bonnie U. Gruenberg
  • Quagga Press Wild Horse Books
  • About
  • Contact
  • About Bonnie U Gruenberg