PreConference Workshops

AABC Midwifery-Led Resuscitation Training

DATE: Wednesday, September 10th
TIME: 8:30am-5:00pm
FACULTY: Julie Moon, MSN, CNM and Olga Ryan, RN, MS-NL

The AABC/Midwives Untethered Midwifery Led Resuscitation Training is based on the belief that all midwives and birth assistants deserve to have thorough training that gives them muscle memory and confidence. We teach all modules of NRP and support the position that all birth providers should be exposed to all content. Therefore, our course contains content for learners pursuing the E-card for Advanced NRP. If you are pursuing an E-card for Essentials, you will still take the same course and participate in all modules, and we will tailor your scenario experience to the level of the course you have prepared for.

This all-day course will feature skills stations that focus on repeated practice of initial steps, ventilation, and compressions until muscle memory is well-developed for these skills.  The skills stations will cover All aspects of NRP, including use of NeoTee (t-piece) resuscitators, CPAP administration, LMA placement, intraosseus IV access, and cord catheterization.  The instructors will also help your staff navigate the introduction of T-piece resuscitators and other possible new skills to your birth center and practice all scenarios in ways you would be likely to encounter in out-of-hospital birth.  

Our goal is for each learner to feel confident with both ventilation and the advanced skills.  At the end of the hands-on course and required evaluations every learner will have access to their NRP eCard which is good for 2 years.  

REGISTRATION FEE

  • $250 AABC Members

  • $300 Non-Members

Student Requirement: Students are required to take the online portion of NRP 8th edition no earlier than 90 days before the hands-on portion. The exam fee ($55 paid to NRP/AAP) is in addition to the course fee as well as the 8th Edition NRP textbook.

FACULTY

Julie Moon, MS, CNM

Julie is the owner and lead facilitator at Midwives Untethered. Julie is a Certified Nurse Midwife and NRP Instructor Mentor who has been teaching NRP for 22 years, the last 8 specializing in community-based birth. She started her career in EMS and has a Bachelor's in Nursing and a Master's in Midwifery. In recent years she has taught maternal and newborn content for Paramedic academies, provided education for local city and volunteer departments, and written and collaborated on content at the national level to help guide the collaboration of midwives and EMS. She has spent years working towards making the transfer and transport of birthing families as seamless as possible by working with EMS and midwives to develop skills and protocols. Julie is passionate about helping to provide birth and resuscitation education wherever it is needed to help make birth a safe experience for the family and the care providers involved. She is driven to serve and guide midwives, birth workers, EMS, and all caregivers to optimize their care and their own well-being. She knows the key to this is caregivers who are self-aware, compassionate, and empowered to perform within functional systems while being well-educated to assess needs and perform safely in those systems. She is honored to guard physiologic birth and the traditions of midwifery while advocating for safe, quality care.

Olga Ryan, RN, MS-NL

Jillian has been working in the medical billing and coding field with freestanding birth centers since 2017. In 2025 Jillian opened her own consulting business, Bloom Birth Center Consulting, to assist midwives and birth centers with everything from contracting & billing to administrative support.

In addition to her professional experience, Jillian is a member of the IRC committee and currently serves as the treasurer of the Minnesota Chapter of AABC where she has been actively involved in advancing legislative changes to support birth centers in Minnesota.