A 40-year-old patient without a history of seizures experiences a generalized (tonic-clonic) seizure. The LEAST likely cause of this seizure is:
a
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b a brain tumor
c intracraniular bleeding - Correct Answer a
A patient who is experiencing aphasia is:
a right hemisphere stroke
b unable to produce or understand speech.
c usually concoius with slurred speach - Correct Answer b
A patient who is possibly experiencing a stroke is NOT eligible for thrombolytic (fibrinolytic) therapy if he or she:
a has bleeding within the brain.
b GSC score of less than 8
c has had a prior heart attack - Correct Answer a
A patient with an altered mental status
a typically alert but unaware of the proceeding events
b usually able to be aroused by painful stimuli
c not thinking clearly or is incapable of being aroused - Correct Answer c
Components of the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale include:
a air dift, memmory, facial droop
b facial droop, speech, and pupil size
c arm drift, speech, and facial droop. - Correct Answer c
Febrile seizures:Choose one answer.
A. are also referred to as petit mal seizures.
B. often result in permanent brain damage.
C. occur when a child's fever progressively rises.
D. are usually benign but should be evaluated. - Correct Answer d
Individuals with chronic alcoholism are predisposed to intracranial bleeding and hypoglycemia secondary to abnormalities in the:Select one:
a. brain.
b. kidneys.
c. pancreas.
d. liver. - Correct Answer d
muscle control and body coordination are controlled by the
a cerebellum A 40-year-old patient without a history of seizures experiences a generalized (tonic-clonic) seizure. The LEAST likely cause of this seizure is:
a epilepsy
b a brain tumor
c intracraniular bleeding - Correct Answer a
A patient who is experiencing aphasia is:
a right hemisphere stroke
b unable to produce or understand speech.
c usually concoius with slurred speach - Correct Answer b
A patient who is possibly experiencing a stroke is NOT eligible for thrombolytic (fibrinolytic) therapy if he or she:
a has bleeding within the brain.
b GSC score of less than 8
c has had a prior heart attack - Correct Answer a
A patient with an altered mental status
a typically alert but unaware of the proceeding events
b usually able to be aroused by painful stimuli
c not thinking clearly or is incapable of being aroused - Correct Answer c
Components of the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale include:
a air dift, memmory, facial droop
b facial droop, speech, and pupil size
c arm drift, speech, and facial droop. - Correct Answer c
Febrile seizures:Choose one answer.
A. are also referred to as petit mal seizures.
B. often result in permanent brain damage.
C. occur when a child's fever progressively rises.
D. are usually benign but should be evaluated. - Correct Answer d
Individuals with chronic alcoholism are predisposed to intracranial bleeding and hypoglycemia secondary to abnormalities in the:Select one:
a. brain.
b. kidneys.
c. pancreas.
d. liver. - Correct Answer d
muscle control and body coordination are controlled by the
a cerebellum [Show Less]