SAQ28 – O+G – 28 year old seizing

A 30 year old female who is 36 weeks pregnant presents to the ED with an ongoing tonic clonic seizure. She has received no prehospital care. She is triaged to a resuscitation cubicle with standard non-invasive monitoring. She has IV access.

Observations:

• BP: 190/120 mmHg
• PR: 120 /min
• RR: 18 /min
• Temp: 37°C

a. List four (4) key steps to the management of this patient over the next 1 hour. Provide one (1) detail for each step.

(Marked out of 8.0)
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b. You are unable to contact the Obstetric registrar via the on-call mobile phone number. State four (4) steps to rectify this problem.

(Marked out of 4.0)
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Total Score: 0 / 12

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