Stroke
Points
Anatomy & Physiology
Neurological Assessment
General Knowledge
100
Acronym to rapidly assess for Stroke
FAST
100
Best score on GCS
15
100
Number of hemispheres in the brain
Two
100
Term to call someone who can tell you accurately where they are, their age, their name
Orientated
100
By how many drops in GCS do you need to call a met?
drop of 2 or more
200
2 types of Stroke
Haemorrhagic or Thrombolytic
200
Lowest score on GCS
3
200
Connects Central Nervous System to the organs and limbs
Peripheral Nervous System
200
Eye opening, verbal response and motor response
What are the three things assessed in GCS?
200
Fluid surrounding brain and spinal cord
CSF
300
Test to distinguish ischaemic or bleed in stroke?
CT Scan
300
When assessing a patient's verbal response, you hear them say, "toilet, water, banana, shops", how do you assess this response?
3 or inappropriate words
300
Part of the brain that processes visual information
Occipital Lobe
300
Someone who's eye opening is spontaneous is scored as
4
300
Normal Pupil Assessment
PERRLA
400
Patient develops unilateral dilated pupil and decreased GCS. How do you describe the intracranial pressure in the brain?
Increased or raised
400
A post-operative patient was GCS 15 in recovery. On the ward they become more drowsy, open eyes to voice, are confused, and only localises to pain. What is their score?
GCS 12
400
Part of the brain that processes sound and smell, and plays a role in memory
Temporal lobe
400
Another name for abnormal flexion
decorticate
400
Average weight of the human brain
1.2-1.4kg
500
Common cardiac rhythm that increases risk of stroke
Atrial Fibrillation
500
A patient with an eye opening to sound, verbal response is incomprehensible sounds, and motor response of abnormal flexion has a GCS score of
8
500
Neurotransmitter deficient in Parkinson's Disease
Dopamine
500
Another name for abnormal extension
decerebrate
500
Only organ that named itself
Brain