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Welcome to BASICS Scotland Podcasts - Conversations with a wide range Pre-hospital Emergency Care experts talking about medical topics that relevant to BASICS Scotland Responders and anyone interested in immediate care. Our podcasts are released weekly make sure to subscribe to listen to our latest releases. Do get in touch with your feedback, questions & ideas for future podcasts. More info here: https://basics-scotland.org.uk
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Jan 8, 2021
Jan 8, 2021
20 min
Introduction:
Lucy talks us through the risk factors, signs and symptoms of maternal hypertension, the long term management and prehospital emergency treatments including that of eclamptic seizures.
Top 3 tips:
1) Pre-eclampsia is quite common and blood pressure and urinalyses should be checked at every available opportunity
2) Severe hypertension requires urgent management so if systolic greater than 160mmHg
3) Management of eclampsia involves basic ABC support and Magnesium Sulphate is the drug of choice for seizure activity
Links and Resources
Maternity NEWS charts
NICE guidelines for hypertension in pregnancy
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng133
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