Defining Moments
Prevention
Physical effects
Types
Communication is key
100
This occurs when blood stops circulating throughout the blood vessels in your brain either due to clotted or ruptured blood vessels (Papathanasiou et al., 2017).
What is a stroke?
100
These are some lifestyle changes to prevent a stroke.
What is reducing salt intake, smoking, and alcohol consumption, while increasing physical activity to reduce the risk of obesity (Sarikaya et al., 2015)?
100
This is an example of what physical disability resulting from a stroke?
(AxonOptic, n.d.)
What is hemiplegia (NIH, n.d.)?
100
LIGHTNING ROUND: Name as many tips for communicating with a person with aphasia as you can!
1. Make sure you have the individual's attention before speaking
2. Speak slowly
3. Be patient and let the individual have time to talk
4. Be open to communicating in other ways besides speech (writing, gestures, etc.)
5. Don't overcomplicate speech
6. Support them in word finding (ask them to describe what they are thinking of)
7.Yes and no questions are helpful
8. Support independence
(ASHA, n.d.-a)
200
This is a disorder acquired through an injury or health incident like a stroke. It impacts the language centers in your brain which are usually located in the left side. ASHA (n.d.-b)
What is aphasia?
200
Pre-existing conditions that increase risk for stroke.
What is heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure/hypertension, and diabetes (Sarikaya et al., 2015)?
200
People with this category of aphasia have effortful speech due to difficulties in word finding, and also struggle with grammar. Three examples include Broca's, Transcortical Motor, and Global (ASHA, n.d.-c).
What is nonfluent aphasia?
300
These are some things an individual having a stroke might complain of.
Numbness, dizziness, blurry vision, or speech difficulties (Papathanasiou, 2017).
400
F.A.S.T. is an acronym describing how to identify someone possibly having a stroke and what to do if so. State what the acronym stands for.
What is Face- check for drooping on one side of the face
Arms- have the individual lift their arms to see if one is lower than the other
Speech- give them a phrase to repeat to see if it is slurred
Time- call 911 if any symptoms are noticed (CDC, n.d.)
400
These are a few ways to prevent a stoke in someone who has already had one.
What is medical management including plaque stabilizers/anti-inflammatories along with other professional recommendations (Sarikaya et al., 2015)?
400
Name 3 potential physical disabilities following a stroke.
What is
1. numbness
2. pain in limbs
3. poor coordination
4. emotional changes
5. Cognition and memory
6. Loss of bladder/bowel control (NIH, n.d.).
400
Individuals with this type of aphasia maintain fluid speech but their speech lacks meaning. The four types include the following: Conductions, anomic, Wernicke's, and transcortical sensory (ASHA, n.d.-c).
What is fluent aphasia?
500
Aphasia affects these 4 primary areas of language.
spoken language, writing, spoken language comprehension, and reading comprehension (ASHA, n.d.-b).