ICP/Meningitis
The first sign of increased ICP
What is restlessness and irritation?
The type of seizure that includes both stiffening and jerking of the entire body
What are tonic-clonic seizures?
The science of body positioning to prevent back pain
What is ergonomics?
A cardinal symptom of Parkinson's disease
What is muscle rigidity?
The priority assessment on any patient with a cervical spine injury
What is airway?
The type of stroke that presents with a rapid onset of symptoms, usually preceded by a severe headache
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
The most common medication to treat Parkinson's disease
What is levadopa/carbidopa?
The sign of Meningitis infection where if the neck is passively flexed, there is reflexive flexion of the knees
What is Brudzinski sign?
A list of "don'ts" for when a person is actively having a seizure
What is don't put anything in their mouth, don't restrain them, don't leave the person?
Intervention for diplopia in patients with MS
What is alternating an eye patch every few hours?
This intervention can help with the agitation and confusion that comes with Alzheimer's disease
What is having a consistent routine for the patient?
The first intervention for a patient with suspected autonomic dysreflexia
What is to sit them up/elevate the head of the bed?
The neurologic deficits usually seen with a left hemispheric stroke
What are impaired language comprehension and speech?
The most common medication taken daily to prevent seizures
What is phenytoin?
The vital signs that make up Cushing's Triad, a late sign of increased ICP
What are hypertension, bradycardia, and irregular respirations?
The things included in seizure precautions in the hospital
What are to have suction, oxygen, and airway management at the bedside, have bed in lowest position, and have the side rails up and padded?
Complications to watch for following a laminectomy procedure
What are clear drainage from the site, inability to urinate, loss of feeling below the surgical site, and stroke symptoms?
How you should communicate with a patient with global aphasia
What is with one simple idea at a time?
What is the log roll?
The neurologic deficits usually seen with a right hemispheric stroke
What are impaired judgement and impulsivity?
The most common side effect of warfarin to watch for
What is bleeding?
The most simple interventions for increased ICP
What is elevate the head of bed, keep head midline, decrease external stimulation?
The list of "dos" for when a person is actively having a seizure
What is time the seizure, place them on their side when possible, keep them safe by moving objects away and possibly putting a soft object under their head?
Much of the education given to MS patients is to help them prevent this
What is infection?
What is agnosia?
The type of shock that can happen immediately post spinal cord injury, which manifests with an extreme drop in blood pressure
What is neurogenic shock?
The term for loss of the same side of the visual field in both eyes
What is homonymous hemianopsia?
The medication used to dissolve clots in ischemic strokes
What is tPA?
Description of decerebrate posturing
Extension away from the core (Plantar extension of the legs, external rotation of the lower extremities, extension of the arms)
The medical emergency that happens when a seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes or a person has more than one seizure in a 30-minute timeframe
What is status epilepticus?
To help patients with MS avoid exacerbations of the disease process they should avoid these two things
What are extreme temperatures and strenuous exercise?
Signs of moderate Alzheimer's disease
What are episodes of wandering, disorientation to time, place, and event, incontinence, increasingly dependent in ADLs?
The most likely stimuli to cause autonomic dysreflexia in patients with a spinal cord injury
What is a full bladder?
The worry if cranial nerves IX and X are impacted by a stroke
What is dysphagia?
The most common abortive migraine medication
What is sumatriptan?