Assessment
Causes vasoconstriction and decreases brain perfusion in hemorrhagic stroke and increased ICP
What is high oxygen levels?
Control of level of consciousness
What is recticular activating system?
Sensory stimulation that can be confirmed by others
What is common reality?
Severe, stabbing pain to one side of the face
What is trigeminal neuralgia?
Most serious complication of hemorrhagic stroke
What is increased ICP?
GCS motor indicating injury near the brainstem
What is decerebrate posturing?
Regulates blood pressure and heart rate
What is medulla oblongata?
Intentional tremor
What is a tremor that increases as the hand gets closer to the object (s)he is trying to grab - with multiple sclerosis
Most commonly associated with post polio syndrome
What is difficulty swallowing?
Widened pulse pressure indicates
What is increased ICP?
Most common sign of infectious disease process
What is fever?
Stimulates the liver to convert glucagon to glucose
What is glucagon?
Involuntary flex of knees when head is flexed to the chest
What is Brudzinski sign?
Most likely cause of syncope with normal glucose, BP 90/60, P 110, RR 20
What is dehydration?
Unilateral eyelid droop when smiling
What is Bell's palsy?
Target blood pressure with increased ICP
What is 110-120 mmHG?
Allows the neuron to send a signal consistently along a neuron
What is myelin?
Abnormal cell growth
What is a neoplasm?
Most common respiratory status of narcotic overdose patient
What is bradypneic?
Control movement of the eye
What are oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerves?
Initial assessments for altered level of consciousness
What is glucose, O2 sat, and BP?
Staggered gait represents damage at
What is the cerebellum?
CPP
What is MAP-ICP
When a parkinson patient takes small steps to turn around
What is bradykinesia?
Prolonged inspiratory hold that resembles fish breathing
What is apneustic breathing?