Brain Basics
This part of the brain controls basic functions like breathing and blood pressure.
What is the brainstem?
Sudden facial droop, arm weakness, and slurred speech are signs of this emergency.
What is a stroke?
A seizure that causes full-body convulsions.
What is a generalized seizure?
A squeezing or dull headache often caused by stress.
What is a tension headache?
The F in BE-FAST
What is Face?
This largest part of the brain is divided into left and right hemispheres.
What is the cerebrum?
This type of stroke occurs when a blood vessel in the brain bursts.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
A seizure that affects only part of the brain with no loss of consciousness.
What is a focal-onset aware seizure?
A pulsating headache often accompanied by nausea and visual changes.
What is a migraine?
This class of drugs may reverse symptoms of an ischemic stroke.
What are fibrinolytics (clot busters)?
This brain region controls muscle coordination and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
This type of stroke is caused by a blocked artery.
What is an ischemic stroke?
A brief seizure involving staring and unresponsiveness.
What is an absence seizure?
A headache related to fluid pressure in the sinus cavities.
What is a sinus headache?
This state after a seizure can mimic a stroke.
What is the postictal state?
Low blood sugar that may resemble stroke symptoms.
What is Hypoglycemia?
This acronym is used in the field to assess stroke symptoms.
What is BE-FAST?
The recovery period after a seizure.
What is the postictal state?
How to transport a migraine patient in an ambulance?
What is without lights and sirens?
It is important to rapidly transport a stroke patient because
What is they may be eligible for clot-busting medications?
This score measures a patient’s eye, verbal, and motor responses.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
This condition causes stroke-like symptoms that resolve in less than 24 hours.
What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
A seizure lasting more than 5 minutes or occurring repeatedly without regaining consciousness.
What is status epilepticus?
Stroke patients should not receive oxygen unless this condition is present.
What is respiratory distress or hypoxia?
This type of bleeding outside or beneath the dura can mimic a stroke.
What is epidural or subdural bleeding?