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12 minute stationEclamptic Seizure, 34 Weeks Pregnant
Dispatch
Cat 1 — 26-year-old female, 34 weeks pregnant, witnessed seizure, history of high blood pressure this pregnancy.
On arrival
Patient post-ictal on the living room floor, husband reports a generalised seizure lasting 2 minutes, known pre-eclampsia diagnosed at antenatal clinic last week.
Initial observations
- Airway
- Patent, positioned in left lateral tilt
- RR
- 22
- SpO2
- 95% on air
- Pulse
- 110
- BP
- 168/112 mmHg
- GCS
- 13, post-ictal, improving
- Reflexes/oedema
- Facial and hand oedema noted