Trauma and Pregnancy




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Summary: -Physiologic changes of pregnancy: physiologic anemia, decreased SVR, increased HR, increased RR, and pelvic vessel engorgement -Traumatic complications: placental abruption, preterm labor (PTL), uterine rupture, and pelvic fx -Abruption triad = abd pain, large for dates uterus, vaginal bleeding -Perform cervical check to eval for PTL Obtain Type and Screen and KB test -Give Rhogam if mom is Rh neg. 50 mcg if 12 wks -Check fetal HR after E-FAST, nml is 120-160