Birth Emergency Skills Training: Essentials of Safe Practice for Community Midwives (ebook on USB drive)
E-book on a USB flash drive with Bonus Content
We will mail to you a credit-card sized 15 GB USB drive preloaded with the PDF version of Birth Emergency Skills Training and bonus content including
- 12 printable birth footprint sheet designs
- printable birth log
- Free ebook "the Placenta Diaries"
- Free poster "Midwives: Making Birth Safer"
- About 14GB of storage for personal files
Since its release in 2008, Birth Emergency Skills Training (BEST) has equipped thousands of midwives with the knowledge and confidence to manage obstetrical emergencies.
Building on the trusted first edition, Birth Emergency Skills Training: Essentials of Safe Practice for Community Midwives delivers updated clinical guidance and practical strategies for recognizing and managing complications in community birth settings. Grounded in core competencies, it promotes evidence-based care for antepartum bleeding, postpartum hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders, abdominal pain, respiratory distress, undiagnosed twins, trauma, neonatal resuscitation, malpresentations, and more.
Expanded and fully revised, this edition offers broader clinical coverage, new mnemonics, updated graphics, and additional photographs and illustrations. The text guides the reader from the first steps of intervention through definitive care, bridging anticipation and action, midwifery and medicine.
Award-winning and richly illustrated, Birth Emergency Skills Training® remains an essential resource for midwives, students, nurses, and other birth professionals. Visit https://www.birthemergencyworkshops.com to explore available workshops and learning opportunities.
Book Details
- 598 pages of accessible, clinically focused text
- 27 original mnemonic tools for rapid recall
- 221 instructional figures, including drawings and photographs
- 71 practical reference tables
The credit-card–sized USB drive includes 15 GB of storage. The BEST book and bonus materials use less than 1 GB, leaving ample space for you to save your own files, clinical notes, protocols, or training materials. The slim card design fits easily in a wallet, allowing you to carry important reference documents wherever you work.
Full-color PDF ebook on credit-card-sized flash drive with bonus content.
Note: This USB drive was designed for the BEST 10th anniversary celebration in 2018, but the ebook it contains was published in February 2026.
English • 978-1-941700-48-8 PDF • US $40.00
