The original is still the BEST!
Birth Emergency Skills Training® is the longest-running emergency skills course for out-of-hospital midwives, proudly educating thousands of participants since 2008. Participants build on core competencies and apply current evidence to clinical practice though lively discussion and mentored simulation. The live workshop confers 1.6 ACNM CEUs (16 hours including two for pharmacology) and 14 maternal and 2 newborn CEUs for MEAC.
Birth In The Wild™ disaster response training!
Created by Andrea Dixon, Birth in the Wild™ will train you to assist women in childbirth and others in need when resources are scarce or stabilization prolonged. Host a Birth Emergency Skills Training® or Birth In the Wild ™ workshop in your location and be prepared to act!
Download Birth in the Wild Brochure
Upcoming Midwifery CME /CEU offerings
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
September 7-8, 2018
Birth Emergency Skills Training ® Simulation and Advanced Skills Workshop with Neonnatal Resuscitation (NRP)
9am to 6pm
Contact Sue Turner sueturnermidwife@yahoo.com
NRP for additional charge preconference 1-4pm on September 6
Deposit required to save your space for both
San Jose, CALIFORNIA
September 14 & 15, 9am-6pm
Birth Emergency Skills Training ® Simulation and Advanced Skills Workshop
Sponsored by South Bay Homebirth Collective at
CASA NATAL BIRTH CENTER
50 W. Main Ave. #D,
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
Total cost is $485.00, a $200 deposit required to hold your space, which is limited.
(An email response WILL NOT HOLD YOUR SPACE.) Deposits can be made when registering online, at https://www.casa-natal.com/book-online/birth-emergency-skills-training-ceu
Or deposit checks may be made out and mailed to:
Melissa Dean casanatalinfo@gmail.com
50 W Main St #D
Morgan Hill, CA 95037
(please note that payments online, via paypal, require a $7 service fee)
Potluck/BYO lunch on both days, and coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided. This course qualifies for 16 contact hours for MEAC & ACNM.
Huntertown, INDIANA
October 18-19, 2018
Birth Emergency Skills Training ® Simulation and Advanced Skills Workshop
9-6pm
October 20 NRP and CPR for added charge
9-5
Contact Rhoda Baughman, CPM
rhoda@agapebirthservices.com
cell: 260.450.1520
fax: 260.627.5605
Venue address;
4126 N. County Line Rd. E.
Huntertown, Indiana 46748
Pitch in lunch
am coffee and snacks served.
Evanston, ILLINOIS
ILLINOIS Midwifery Conference
October 24 -25, 2018
Illinois Council of Certified Professional Midwives
BIRTH in the WILD, Midwives responding to Disaster, including advanced B.E.S.T.
0800-6pm
Lunch included both days
Cost: $550
715 Austin St
Evanston, Illinois
NRP certifications offered
October 23 1pm-5pm
Cost $150. with BEST, $175. a la carte
Pretesting online necessary for $35. details to follow
Contact: Julie Banas
Novaenterprisesllc@yahoo.com
Oklahoma City, OKLAHOMA
November 16-17, 2018
Birth Emergency Skills Training ® Simulation and Advanced Skills Workshop
9am-6pm
Contact person
Rachel Wiggins, BAI CD
Little Lamb Birth Services
(405)473-4278
http://www.littlelambbirth.com/
The Edmond Birthing Center
14901 Kelly Ave #102, Oklahoma City, OK 73013
Recent Successful BEST courses
As of August, 2017, a total of 1338 people have taken the Birth Emergency Skills Training course!
We have presented in the following locations with multiple visits in many of these:
AK, AZ, CA, CO, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MD, MI, MO, NC, NJ, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Completed 2017 workshops include:
Monee, IL 16 participants
Casenovia, WI 17 participants
Colorado Springs, CO July, 21 participants
Columbus, OH May, 17 participants
Waynesboro, PA May, 19 participants
Ashville, NC April, 14 participants
Knoxville, TN April, 17 participants
Houston, TX March, 16 participants
Total B.E.S.T. participants in 2016: 365 participants