Question 7

7.  Your patient is a 34 year old female that is 32 weeks pregnant involved in an MVC and she has a bruise in her abdomen.  Her imaging of her baby as well as her are negative.  Fetal heart rate and ultrasound are reassuring.  Which of the following is the most accurate regarding blunt trauma in pregnancy?

A  Maternal blood pressure and heart rate are reliable indicators of fetal and maternal well being.

B.  If maternal shock is present, fetal compromise is minimal with mortality rates of 10%

C.  All pregnant patients over 20 weeks should be place in the left lateral decubitus position

D.  All pregnant patients that are Rh negative involved in blunt trauma should be treated with Rhogam