Scenario
A 32 year old woman who is 33 weeks pregnant is referred to your emergency department because of a blood pressure of 140/95 and right upper quadrant pain for 24 hours. One hour after arriving in the emergency department, the patient begins to have a grand mal seizure.
Question
Describe your management. (100%)
Answer
FACEM SAQ Exam 2008.2 – Question 8
- The overall pass rate for this question was 74/81 (91.3%).
- Pass Criteria
- The examiners felt that this was a good question and they were disappointed with answers which attained a basic pass but failed to explore the issues at a consultant level.
- Good answers recognised the emergent nature of this presentation, suggested evidence based approaches to BP and seizure management, recognised quality issues within the Emergency Dept and emphasised early delivery and management of the foetus.
- Features of unsuccessful answers
- Unqualified
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