Hospital Disaster Preparedness for Obstetricians and Facilities Providing Maternity Care

This committee statement discusses the need for disaster preparedness and response considerations for hospitals that provide maternity care, including antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and neonatal care. The committee focuses on the need for developing strategies to stabilize and transport obstetric patients, manage patient surge, and virtual expert consults; use common terminology; create a related perinatal subcommittee assessing disaster needs; and establishing downtime, labor-in-place, and telemedicine procedures.