My husband helped me make this video for a presentation for a class in nursing school. He performed the preeclampsia song I wrote to Tom Petty's "Free Falling". He knows nothing about anything even remotely medical so it was pretty amazing of him to sing the song for me! :-) Lyrics: Preeclampsia, it's increased blood pressure And, don't forget renal involvement, too 140 over 90 at 20 weeks Edema in the hands and face, too If you've got nausea and vomiting, Dizziness, upper abdominal pain, Changes in vision, and severe headaches You need to go to the emergency room You're pre, pre eclamptic A nurse needs to assess deep tendon reflexes And clonus indicates CNS irritability Seizure prophylaxis with magnesium sulfate Calcium gluconate if respiratory rate is down You're pre, pre eclamptic If you have a grand mal seizure Then you've got eclampsia Which could turn into HELLP syndrome And, before you know it, it's DIC Now you're e, eclamptic The only cure is delivery
