Stroke Risk Factors
The gender with the highest stroke risk
What is Female?
Common signs/symptoms of a stroke
What is One sided facial droop, unable to hold one arm up, garbled/unintelligible speech
The "silent killer"
What is Hypertension?
Balance, Eyes, Face, Arms, Speech, Time
What are the s/s of a stroke?
3 types of modifiable risk factors
What are Diet, exercise, healthy stress, not smoking,...
2 types of stroke
What are Ischemic & Hemorrhagic strokes?
80%
What is the number of preventable strokes?
Definition of Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP)
What is the minimum amount of pressure in the veins at any given point in time?
Surgical procedure to remove plaque from the carotid arteries
Carotid endarterectomy
3 types of non-modifiable risk factors
What are: Age, gender, family history, race,
Location of the speech center of the brain
What is the Left Temporal lobe?
Definition of Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP)
What is the the maximum amount of pressure in your veins at any given time?
What is a temporary blockage and then clearing of a clot or plaque in the brain?
What is a Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Irregular atrial heart rhythm which is a risk factor for a stroke.
What is Atrial Fibrillation
Area of the brain that can be affected by a stroke
What is anywhere!
Reason for the saying "time is brain"
What is increase debility with delay
What is the buildup of plaque and the hardening of arteries
What is Atherosclerosis
800,000 * 140,000
What is 800,000 people have a stroke each year, more than 140,000 die and many survivors face disability.
Regarding Stroke, define permissive hypertension
What is a higher BP than cardiac targets to force blood flow to the brain?
Time sensitive treatment for Ischemic (blockage type) Stroke?
What is Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA)