Stroke
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel in the brain is called this.
What is an ischemic stroke?
This type of seizure is caused by a surge of electrical activity affecting the whole brain and usually involves loss of consciousness.
What is a generalized seizure?
This part of the brain controls breathing, blood pressure, and pupil constriction.
What is the brainstem?
A 72-year-old has facial droop on the right side, cannot lift the right arm, and speech is slurred. Symptoms started 25 minutes ago. This is a type of stroke.
What is an acute stroke?
This neurologic emergency is defined as the patient not thinking clearly or being incapable of being aroused.
What is altered mental status?
A stroke caused by bleeding inside the brain is called this.Type of stroke caused by a clot in a blood vessel of the brain.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
This seizure is characterized by a blank stare and a brief lapse of consciousness without muscle movement.
What is an absence seizure?
This part of the brain controls balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
A 56-year-old man experienced a sudden, severe headache and then became unresponsive. He has a history of high blood pressure. This is the MOST likely cause of his condition.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
This condition is often mistaken for a seizure and usually happens while standing.
What is syncope?
These stroke-like symptoms resolve on their own in less than 24 hours.
What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
This type of seizure begins in one part of the brain and may cause unusual smells, lip smacking, or altered awareness.
What is a focal-onset impaired awareness seizure?
This part of the brain controls emotion, thought, sensation, and movement.
What is the cerebrum?
You arrive to a 19-year-old who suddenly stopped talking mid-sentence, stares blankly for 10 seconds, then resumes like nothing happened. No shaking. This is a type of seizure.
What is an absence seizure?
This scale is used to measure level of consciousness using eye, verbal, and motor response.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)?
This stroke scale checks facial symmetry, speech, and arm drift.
What is the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale?
This condition is defined as seizures lasting longer than 5 minutes or repeated seizures without regaining consciousness.
What is status epilepticus?
In most people, this side of the brain controls speech.
What is the left hemisphere?
A 54-year-old diabetic is found confused, pale, and sweaty. They are shaky, weak, and not answering questions appropriately. Their speech is slurred and they look like they might be having a stroke, but their blood glucose reads 38 mg/dL.
What is hypoglycemia?
This stroke assessment mnemonic stands for Balance, Eyes, Face, Arm, Speech, Time.
What is BE-FAST?
Slurred, poorly articulated speech in a stroke patient is called this.
What is dysarthria?
After a seizure, this state is marked by confusion, lethargy, and sometimes weakness on one side of the body.
What is the postictal state?
This opening at the base of the skull allows the spinal cord to exit the brain.
What is the foramen magnum?
Your patient opens his eyes when you say his name, is making incomprehensible sounds, and withdraws when you pinch his earlobe. This is his GCS score.
What is 9?
Before giving clot-busting medication, doctors must rule out this condition using a CT scan.
What is bleeding in the brain (hemorrhagic stroke)?