A 32-year-old female is brought by ambulance to the ED. She was a driver of a small hatchback car, which was hit by another car on the passenger side on Marmion ave an hour ago. She is 32 weeks pregnant. The patient is in the resuscitation cubicle, with full cardio-respiratory monitoring and spinal immobilization. The hospital trauma call has done by Triage nurses already.

Her Vitals- GCS-15, HR- 130, BP- 90/60, RR- 24, Sats- 99% (6 L/min Oxygen)

• What are the key features of your initial assessment?

24. Case of the week- pregnant trauma

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