Learn what to do in the situation of an emergency birth when higher care is not available. This two-day skills course will be taught in Taos, NM, May 30 – 31st, 2026. Students will learn in-person how to facilitate a safe and respectful birth, even in remote and post-disaster settings. **This course is not intended as a substitute for qualified medical care.

**This 2 day on-site course includes a 24-hour advance e-training module prior to the pre-coursework available after registration – read more below.

STEP 1: Complete pre-coursework module before the on-site training and assessment in May.

STEP 2: Students completing Doula Certification must also complete the pre-coursework doula module before the on-site training.

STEP 3: Attend the 2-day on-site training session for full completion of the Emergency Birth Course.

The Emergency Birth Course covers the following topics:

– Delays in Care during Emergency/Disaster scenarios

– Blood Pressure, Pulse/Heart

Rate, Temperature

– Why Mothers die (Maternal Mortality):

– Urinalysis

– Care during Eclamptic Convulsion

– Emergency Antepartum Scenarios

– Leopold’s Maneuver and Fetal Heart tones

– Obstructed Labor

– Normal Birth in Emergency Situations

– Cord cutting

– Placental expulsion

– Shoulder Dystocia

– Management of Breech Birth

– Vacuum Assisted Delivery

– Hemorrhage/Shock

– Why Babies die/causes of Neonatal Deaths

– Helping Babies Breathe

– Relactation & Supplemental

– Acupressure and Massage in Labor

– Repositioning Baby

– Breech in Antepartum

– Management of OP, Back Labor and Stalled Labor

– Herbal Tinctures in Labor

– Labor Positions

– Rebozo and Bengkung Wrap

– Birth Ball & Peanut Ball

– Water Birth

– Postpartum Herbal Support

– Labor, Birth & Postpartum Scenarios

– Newborn Care & Lactation

– Prenatal Exercise

– Pain Strategies

– Breathing Techniques

– Visualization, Affirmations & Relaxation Techniques

– Journaling & Coloring as Therapeutic exercises

– Power of Music

– Antepartum Scenarios