Description

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

https://ihub.scot/improvement-programmes/scottish-patient-safety-programme-spsp/maternity-and-children-quality-improvement-collaborative-mcqic/maternity-care/national-mews/

NICE guidelines for hypertension in pregnancy

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng133

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