Dizziness
Your patient calls you stuck in a confusing maze, they are lost, cant quite articulate what they are feeling, but feel dizzy, have N/V, spontaneous nystagmus, and unilateral hearing loss. What do they have?
labyrinthitis
In the test of skew: what kind of eye movement is suggestive of a stroke
What head movement will trigger a posterior canal BPPV disorder
What kind of rehab/physical therapy is most helpful for people with vestibular neuritis?
Your patient has menieres disease, they’ve tried everything- what medication will you inject directly into their middle ear to help
Name the components of the HINTS exam
Your patient is an avid storm chaser. Unfortunately, he got a little too close this last time and got swept away into a twister. He experiences rotational forces. This triggers a feeling of vertigo. What canal is most likely affected and how do you start the physical exam maneuver to test it?
You just finished your first 24hr inpatient shift. It went great, right? Leaving the hospital you feel dizzy, end even start seeing… dead people? Which of the 8 human “senses” is impaired with your dizziness? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8th sense?