Head Injury
Widespread brain injury
What is diffuse axonal injury?
Seizure involving only one hemisphere.
What is partial seizure?
Stage with bilateral limb involvement and mask facies.
What is Stage II?
Disaster prevention by removing threats to communities.
What is mitigation?
Type of stroke that's treated emergently with TPA.
What is ischemic stroke?
A complication of head injury
What is diabetes insipidus?
Normal Dilantin level result.
What is 10-20 mcg/ml?
Gold standard drug for PD.
What is Levodopa?
Who takes over local and state resources are exceeded.
What is FEMA?
Leading cause of strokes.
What is uncontrolled hypertension?
Medication to reduce cerebral edema.
What is Mannitol?
Two medications for seizure activity.
What is Dilantin and Ativan IV?
Two important nursing care actions for PD patients
What is swallowing assessment and timely medication admin?
Respiratory rate over 30/minute-Tag color.
What is red?
Window of time to give IV Antepelase for pending stroke.
What is 3-4.5 hours?
EBP measure to reduce ICP pressure.
What is 30-degree HOB elevation?
Test to diagnose epilepsy.
What is the EEG?
4 findings with Parkinson's disease.
What are tremors, muscle rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability?
Multiple abrasions to right arm and face victim.
What is green?
Loss of awareness of one side of the body.
What is unilateral neglect?
Calculation for CPP pressure evaluation.
What is CPP=ICP -MAP?
Repeated seizure activity lasting longer than 5 minutes.
What is status epilepticus?
A complication of PD patients.
What is aspiration?
Fractured right arm with palpable pulse.
What is yellow?
Diagnostic procedure for stroke patients with decreased LOC.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?