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A seizure on the antenatal ward

22 yG1P0GA 36+1Simulation

Admitted overnight with a headache and a blood pressure of 158/104, awaiting bloods. The nurse calls: she is fitting.

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HRbpm

120

BPmmHg

170/112

RR/min

8

SpO2%

88

FHRbpm

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Schematic pulse line, drawn, not recordedCheck the patient

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    The seizure

    A generalised tonic-clonic seizure, now 40 seconds in. She is on her back. Saturation 88 percent on the probe.

    First actions?