Category: Critical care during pregnancy

A1. A 29 year - old lady in the third trimester of pregnancy is brought to the Emergency Department following a high­speed motor vehicle crash. She is conscious and immobilized on a long spine board. Her respiratory rate is 25, heart rate is 110, and blood pressure is 75/55. The laboratory results show a PaCO​2​of 40 mm Hg (5.3 kPa). Which one of the following statements regarding this patient is true?: a) Fetal assessment should take priority. b) Log­rolling the patient to the right will decompress the vena cava. c) Rh ­immunoglobulin therapy should be immediately administered. d) The...