STROKE & NEURO
This assessment finding is considered positive during an arm drift test for stroke.
What is one arm drifting downward with pronation?
This class of toxins is most dangerous when absorbed through the skin.
What are pesticides (organophosphates)?
This type of abnormal behavior is caused by an underlying physical illness or substance effect.
What is organic brain syndrome?
This condition presents with vertigo, tinnitus, and a feeling of fullness in the ear.
What is Ménière’s disease?
A child develops a seizure after a rapid increase in body temperature.
What is a febrile seizure?
Aphasia typically indicates damage to this side of the brain.
What is the left hemisphere?
This gas forms hydrochloric acid when it contacts moist mucous membranes.
What is chlorine gas?
This is the BEST approach when questioning an emotionally disturbed patient.
What is using open-ended questions (how/what)?
This condition is most associated with vertigo following a recent infection.
What is labyrinthitis?
A patient with chronic alcoholism presents with impaired clotting and bleeding tendencies.
What is liver dysfunction/coagulopathy?
This type of posturing indicates more severe brain injury and brainstem involvement.
What is decerebrate posturing?
This condition causes rapid, deep respirations due to metabolic acidosis in toxic alcohol ingestion.
What are Kussmaul respirations?
This psychiatric symptom involves the belief that thoughts are being placed into one’s mind.
What is thought insertion?
This reflex can cause bradycardia when the eye is stimulated.
What is the oculocardiac reflex?
A patient presents with progressive headaches over months and worsening symptoms.
What is an intracranial neoplasm?
This vital sign abnormality has the MOST negative impact on outcomes in ICP.
What is hypotension?
This antidote is commonly used in aspirin overdose to correct acidosis.
What is sodium bicarbonate?
This condition is characterized by sudden, intense fear without a clear trigger.
What is panic disorder?
This is the MOST important intervention for a chemical eye burn.
What is prolonged irrigation?
A patient becomes violent, tachycardic, hypertensive, and agitated after drug use.
What is a stimulant overdose?
In contrast to dementia, this condition presents with an acute and often reversible change in mental status.
What is delirium?
This poisoning prevents cells from utilizing oxygen at the mitochondrial level.
What is cyanide poisoning?
This neurologic side effect of antipsychotics causes muscle spasms of the face, neck, and back.
What is an acute dystonic reaction?
This condition causes difficulty swallowing and is a hallmark sign of a life-threatening airway emergency.
What is epiglottitis?
A patient on a new antipsychotic presents with neck rigidity and abnormal posturing.
What is an acute dystonic reaction?