A young female is complaining of sharp pain to the left lower quadrant of her abdomen. she states that her last period was seven

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igor_vitrenko [27]

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A young female is complaining of sharp pain to the left lower quadrant of her abdomen. she states that her last period was seven

weeks ago. with this information, the emt should be suspicious of:

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Sholpan [36] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-23T21:38:53+03:00

<span>From the information about the young female, the EMT should be suspicious of ectopic pregnancy. Ectopic pregnancy happens when the fertilized egg attaches to the fallopian tube rather than the uterus. The causes may be that there is an infection of this tube that made the fertilized egg unable to continue its journey towards the uterus or that there are post surgeries in the pelvic area that can cause such attachment.</span>