You are called to assist a twenty-two year old female seizure patient. On arrival, she is found to be postictal and 33 weeks pregnant. Her husband states she has no past medical history, but was complaining of headache when she experienced a seizure lasting

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The NREMT exam asks questions on these topics: - Airway, Respiration & Ventilation - Cardiology & Resuscitation - Trauma - Medical/Obstetrics/Gynecology - EMS Operations All sections, except EMS Operations, have a content distribution of 85% adult and 15% pediatrics [based questions].  Topic weightage: For the EMT exam, 18%-22% of questions asked will cover airway, respiration, and ventilation; 20%-24% will cover cardiology and resuscitation; 14%-18% will cover trauma; 27%-31% will cover medical/obstetrics/gynecology; and 10%-14% will cover EMS operations.  For the EMR, advanced EMT... Show more

1. You are called to assist a twenty-two year old female seizure patient. On arrival, she is found to be postictal and 33 weeks pregnant. Her husband states she has no past medical history, but was complaining of headache when she experienced a seizure lasting <2 minutes. Her respirations are 24/minute, her pulse is 106/min and regular, her BP is 180/110. Which of the following conditions is characterized by high blood pressure, excessive facial/extremity edema, and seizure activity in a third trimester pregnant patient? - Preeclampsia - Eclampsia - Abruptio placenta - Placenta previa