Symposium B.OSS BAMM 2025

Evening Symposium
Resuscitative Hysterotomy in Maternal Cardiac Arrest: Every Second counts. 

When a pregnant woman experiences cardiac arrest, performing a resuscitative hysterotomy can be lifesaving—for both mother and baby. While rare, this intervention is crucial in time-critical emergencies.

This evening symposium brings together obstetricians, emergency physicians, anesthesiologists, intensivists, midwives and general practitioners to explore this high-stakes procedure from a multidisciplinary perspective. Drawing on four years of data from BAMM (Belgian Analysis System for Maternal Mortality), the program includes case discussions, data review, and insights into training, decision-making, and system organisation.

You are warmly invited to join us for this symposium, dedicated to improve maternal and child survival in the most urgent circumstances

18h      Doors

19h      Introduction: 4 years of BAMM.

Dr. Griet Vandenberghe, Obstetrics, Ghent University Hospital; B.OSS & BAMM 

19h15  Stories from emergency physicians

Dr. Griet Vermeulen, Emergency Physician, Antwerp University Hospital
Dr. Nick Cleymans, Emergency Physician, Ghent University Hospital

19h45  What about the numbers?

Dr. Caroline Leech, Consultant Emergency Medecine, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

20h15  How to train physicians to perform a resuscitative hysterotomy?

Dr. Caroline Daelemans, Obstetrics, Hôpitaux universitaires de Genève; B.OSS & BAMM 

20h45  Role of ECMO in Belgium anno 2025

Dr. Filippo Annoni, Intensivist, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles

21h15  Closing remarks