What's going on?
Sudden onset weakness, numbness on one side of body, sudden severe headache
What are indications of stroke?
I have tremors, poor balance, slurred speech
What are symptoms of cerebellum damage?
A repeat concussion that occurs before the brain recovers from a first brain injury, can cause brain swelling, permanent brain damage and even death.
What is second impact syndrome?
Spatial- perceptual difficulties - left neglect.
Right brain
Controls Autonomic Nervous system (breathing, temperature, heart, etc)
What is the function of brain stem?
I thought I was having a stroke, but it disappeared.
What are indications of possible TIA (transient ischemic attack)?
I have increased aggressive behaviors, short term memory loss, difficulty recognizing faces
What are symptoms of temporal lobe damage?
Focused, sustained, selective, alternating, divided
What is attention?
Confusion, memory loss, short attention span
Right brain
Controls balance, equilibrium, coordination, eye movement
What is the function of Cerebellum?
tPA needs to be administered within 3 hours
What is Ischemic stroke?
I have difficulty with school work, R/L confusion, decreased eye-hand coordination.
What are symptoms of Parietal lobe damage?
A reliable and objective way of recording the state of persons consciousness
What is Glasgow Coma Scale
Apraxia - difficulty translating thoughts/ ideas into action
Left brain
Controls Executive functioning - decision making, problem solving, judgement.
What is the function of frontal lobe?
Patient reports sensitivity to light, noise, touch, crowds, movement and height
What are indications of possible brain injury?
I have difficulty reading and writing, poor processing of visual information, visual field cuts
What are symptoms of occipital lobe damage
A medical doctor who specializes in management of occular diseases and disorders vs a medical professional who examines the eye for prescribing corrective lenses.
What is an opthalmologist vs optometrist?
Aphasia - difficulty with expressive and /or receptive language
Left brain
Controls Language and communication
What is function of temporal lobe?
Loss of memory for events immediately before or after traumatic brain injury
What is retrograde amnesia?
I have behavioral changes, difficulty with problem solving and difficulty with attention.
What are symptoms of frontal lobe damage?
The awareness of one's own thinking process, strengths and weaknesses
What is metacognition?
Emotional highs and lows, episodes of excessive laughing and/or crying
Right Brain
Controls spatial orientation, R/L organization, tactile perception
What is function of parietal lobe?