STROKES QUESTIONS
WHEN THE BLOOD FLOW TO A SPECIFIC SPOT OF THE BRAIN IS STOPPED BY A BLOCKAGE INSIDE A BLOOD VESSEL, THIS IS?
WHAT IS AN ISCHEMIC STROKE.
WHAT IS A SEIZURE?
WHAT IS AN ECTOPIC PREGNANCY?
WHAT IS AN PREGNANCY OUTSIDE OF THE UTERUS.
1.WHAT IS HYPERGLYCEMIA?
2.WHAT IS HYPOGLYCEMIA?
1. HYPERGLYCEMIA: WHEN BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS ARE HIGH.
2. HYPOGLYCEMIA: WHEN BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS DROPS.
WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD ALWAYS DO UPON ARRIVAL?
WHAT IS SCENE SAFTEY?
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A STROKE?
WHAT IS SLURRED SPEECH, FACIAL DROOPING, SUDDEN NUMBNESS, UNEQUAL PUPILS, DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING? (THERE'S MORE BUT IM LAZY.)
1. WHAT DOES TONIC MEAN?
2. WHAT DOES CLONIC MEAN?
1. TONIC- STIFF
2. CLONIC- CONVULSIONS
1.ECTOPIC PREGNANCY CAN ALWAYS CAUSE?
2. ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES AREN'T ALWAYS SERIOUS. TRUE OR FALSE?
1. WHAT IS SEPTIC SHOCK.
2. FALSE.
WHAT CAN HYPERGLYCEMIA INVOLVE INTO? (GIRL, IDFK.)
WHAT IS DKA (DIEBETIC KETO ACIDOSIS)?
HAVE YOU HEARD OF LIGMA?
WHEN THE STROKE-LIKE SYMPTOMS RESOLVE THEMSELVES ON THEIR OWN IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS (MINI-STROKE).
THIS IS A?
WHAT IS A TIA (TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK)?
WHEN A PATIENT IS GOING THROUGH A SEIZURE, WHAT SHOULD YOU NOT DO?
WHAT IS DON'T PUT ANYTHING IN THEIR MOUTH, INCLUDING YOUR FINGERS AND MEDICATION.
WHAT ARE SYMPTOMS OF ECTOPIC PREGNANCIES?
WHAT ARE SUDDEN ONSET OF SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN, SIGNS OF HYPOVOLEMIA AND SHOCK, PAIN MAY RADIATE TO THE LOWER OR REFER TO THE SHOULDER.
1. WHAT ARE THE 3 P'S OF HYPERGLYCEMIA?
WHAT IS POLYURIA (EXCESSIVE URINATION), POLYDYPSIA (EXCESSIVE THIRST), AND POLYPHAGIA (EXCESSIVE HUNGER)
1. FEVERS, NIGHT SWEATS, COUGH, PRODUCES BLOODY OR PINK SPUTUM. THIS ARE SYMPTOMS OF?
2.WHAT AREAS ARE HIGH RISK FACTORS?
1. WHAT IS TUBERCULOSIS.
2. WHAT ARE HOMELESS SHELTERS, JAIL, OR COLLEGE DORMS.
THIS IS?
WHAT IS HEMORRHAGIC STROKE?
THIS SEIZURE BEGINS IN ONE PART OF THE BRAIN AND THE PATIENT HAS "AWARE" OR "IMPAIRED- AWARENESS." THEY TEND TO STARE OFF INTO SPACE.
WHAT IS FOCAL AWARENESS SEIZURES AKA ABSENT SEIZURES?
WHEN ACCESSING AN ECTOPIC PATIENT, WHAT QUESTION DO YOU ASK THEM IN ORDER TO CALCULATE HOW MUCH BLOOD THEY'VE LOST?
WHAT IS HOW MANY PADS DID THE PATIENT POSSIBLY BLEED THROUGH (HOW MANY HAVE THEY USED WITHIN THAT DAY. I THINK.)
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HYPOGLYSEMIA?
WHAT IS PALE, MOIST, SKIN, DIAPHORESIS (SWEATING), AMS, CONFUSED OR COMBATIVE, NORMAL TO LOW BLOOD PRESSURE. (these are just a few)
A RESULT OF A SEVERE INFECTION. THIS LEADS TO HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK,THIS IS?
WHAT IS SEPTIC SHOCK.
1. WHAT MUST YOU DO IN ORDER TO CONFIRM IF YOUR PATIENT IS HAVING OR HAD A STROKE?
2. HOW WOULD YOU TREAT STROKE PATIENTS?
1. WHAT IS STROKE ASSESMENT.
2. WHAT IS ADMINSTER OXYGEN AS NEEDED, COMFORT CARE, NO SUPINE, SUCTION AND MAINTAIN AIRWAY AS NEEDED. STROKE ASSESMENT, AND RAPID TRANSPORT TO A STROKE CENTER.
1. THIS SEIZURE LASTS LONGER THAN 5 MINUTES OR IS OFTEN FOLLOWED UP BY A SECOND ROUND WITHOUT REGAINING CONCIOUSNESS.
2. HOW WOULD WE TREAT THIS PATIENT?
1. WHAT IS STATUS EPILEPTICUS.
2. CALL FOR ALS AND PROVIDE OXYGEN THROUGH BVM. (RAPID TRANSPORT TOO, I THINK.)
HOW WOULD YOU TREAT AN ECTOPIC PATIENT?
WHAT IS COMFORT CARE, WATCH FOR SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK, TRANSPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THE HOSPITAL.
1. HOW CAN YOU TREAT HYPERGLYCEMIA? WHAT CAN YOU NOT GIVE PATIENTS OF HYPERGLYCEMIA?
2. HOW CAN YOU TREAT HYPOGLYCEMIA?
1. WHAT IS COMFORT CARE AND RAPID TRANSPORT. DON'T GIVE THEM INSULIN!
2. ADMINISTER ORAL GLUCOSE FOR AMS IF THEY CAN SWALLOW.
A RESULT OF INADEQUATE FLUID IN THE THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.
WHAT IS HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK.