Nervous System: Patient Care
When dressing a patient who has suffered from a CVA, this is the side that you should assist in dressing FIRST.
What is the weaker or involved side first?
This is a mild traumatic brain injury that affects brain function caused by a blow to the head or a violent shaking of the head and body.
What is a concussion?
This is the part of the nervous system that deals with the outer part of the body and the nerves.
What is the peripheral nervous system?
PCTs should wrap limbs in this direction.
What is distal to proximal?
This is the medical prefix that means "white".
What is "leuko"?
When assisting patients with a hearing aid, this is the first thing that PCTs should ensure.
What is turn on the hearing aid and ensure it is working properly?
This is the loss of function to the lower body and legs.
What is paraplegia?
This is a progressive disease that causes a section of the brain to degenerate.
What is Parkinson's disease?
This is the medical term referring to examining a patient through sound.
What is auscultate?
This is the term that refers to being further away from the midline of the body.
What is lateral?
Patients with nervous system pathologies like CVAs or MS might need help with range of motion exercises to help prevent this from happening.
What is atrophy or contractures?
This is when a head injury results in damage to 2 (usually ) opposite sides of the brain.
What is coup-contrecoup?
This is when patients with a form of dementia attempt to leave a medical facility unnoticed or unsupervised.
What is elopement?
PCTs must check for this/these before and after log rolling a patient.
What is CMS or circulation, motor function, and sensation?
This is the largest vein in the human body.
What is the superior and inferior vena cava?
This is the first thing that a PCT should do when approaching/starting to assist a patient with a vision impairment.
What is identify yourself?
These are 3 physical symptoms of a TBI.
What are:
Headache, Convulsions or seizures, Blurred or double vision, Unequal eye pupil size or dilation, Clear fluids draining from the nose or ears, Nausea and vomiting, New neurological problems, such as slurred speech, weakness of arms, legs, or face, or loss of balance
This is when patients with dementia repeat words, phrases, questions, or activities over and over again.
What is perseverating?
This is the ratio of compressions to breaths for CPR on an adult patient.
What is 30:2?
This is how many vertebrae are in the lumbar section of the spine.
What is 5?
Patients with head and/or spinal cord injuries may need help repositioning every 2 hours to help prevent these from happening.
What are pressure injuries?
This is a clear liquid that circulates around brain and spinal cord and helps provide a cushion to help protect; can also be found outside the body after severe head or spinal cord injuries.
What is cerebrospinal fluid?
This is a condition that happens in older adults impacting the retina, causing it to gradually deteriorate and leading to vision loss.
What is Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)?
PCTs need to make sure that this part of a tourniquet is centered over the artery when applying a tourniquet to a massive hemorrhage.
What is the windlass?
This is the term that refers to the area between each rib.
What is the intercostal space?