While Transporting a 41-Year-Old Woman Who Is Not Feeling Well

question 21

Multiple Choice

While transporting a 41-year-old woman who is not feeling well, she begins to seize. She has no history of seizures and the seizure lasts approximately 90 seconds. After 30 seconds of being postictal and unresponsive, the woman suddenly seizes again for the remainder of the 12-minute transport. The EMT should recognize which one of the following conditions?

• A) Undiagnosed epilepsy
• B) Hypoglycemic-induced seizures
• C) Status epilepticus
• D) Partial-motor seizure

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