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NREMT EMT

Category - Medical

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Which of the following causes of seizure in infants is most common in the pre-hospital setting?
  1. Trauma
  2. Anaphylaxis
  3. Febrile
  4. Encephalitis
Explanation
Answer: C - Febrile seizures are, by far, the most common type of seizures seen in the prehospital setting for infants. This seizure is brought on by a rapid increase in core temperature in infants. Infants do not have the thermoregulatory ability that adults do and cannot effectively rid themselves of heat fast enough to compensate for rapid rises in core temperature. Their bodies reflex action is to induce seizure to rapidly burn off core heat.
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