ABSTRACT
Coordinating resuscitation efforts during maternal cardiac arrest (MCA) is a challenge for medical teams. This chapter outlines the fundamental principles of communication to maximize team response to MCA. It describes the components of a multiteam system for patient care in MCA, including core, contingency, coordinating, and ancillary teams. The chapter explains the importance of assigning roles during MCA, including code leader who utilizes available cognitive aids/algorithms, and code recorder/timekeeper, who keeps time and records a timeline of events. It demonstrates standard tools used for optimizing communication during a multidisciplinary team care for patients with MCA. Though a prearrest huddle for a sudden MCA is not always feasible, communication during the event becomes even more critical to optimizing clinical outcomes. MAC Team structure requires the identification of the appropriate teams and team members, which is especially critical for MCA.
