Important Terms

Question 1

Aphasia

Answer 1

inability to understand or produce speech

Question 2

Atherosclerosis

Answer 2

Disorder in which cholesterol and calcium build up inside walls of blood vessels leading to blockage of blood flow

Question 3

aura

Answer 3

Sensation experienced before a seizure like a warning sign

Question 4

Cerebrovascular accident or cva

Answer 4

interruption of blood flow to the brain that results in loss of brain function - aka a stroke

2 types:
occlusive = a clot - causes tissues to die
Hemmhorashic = bleeding stroke - leads to ICP (intracranial pressure - goes up you die)

Question 5

Coma

Answer 5

State of profound unconsiousness from which the patient cant be roused

GCS = 3

Question 6

Altered mental status

Answer 6

Any deviation from alert and oriented to person, place time and event , or any deviation from patients normal baseline normal status

Question 7

Delirium

Answer 7

A temp change is mental status characterized by disorganized thoughts , inattention, memory loss, disorientation , hallucinations , decreased level of

Question 8

Dysarthria

Answer 8

Slurred speech

Question 9

Embolus

Answer 9

Blood clot or other substance in the circulatory system that travels to a blood vessel where it causes a blockage of blood flow

Question 10

Epilepsy

Answer 10

Abnormal electrical discharges occur in brain causing siezures and possible loss of consciousness

Question 11

Febrile siezures

Answer 11

Seizures from sudden high fevers ; often seen in children - Less then 6

Pretty stable patient

Question 12

Focal siezure

Answer 12

A seizure affecting a limited portion of the brain
- Doesn’t get dead enough

Question 13

Generalized seizure

Answer 13

Severe twitching of all body’s muscles that may last several minutes

Question 14

Hemiparesis

Answer 14

Weakness on one side of the body

Question 15

Hemmorhagic stroke

Answer 15

Stroke that occurs as a result of bleeding in brain

Question 16

Hyperglycemia

Answer 16

Abnormally High blood glucose level

Above 120

Question 17

Hypoglycemia

Answer 17

Abnormally low glucose level

Below 70

Question 18

Incontinence

Answer 18

Loss of bowel or bladder control - may be a result of generalized seizure

Question 19

Ischemia

Answer 19

Lack of oxygen that deprives tissue of nutrients, resulting from blockage of blood flow, potentially reversible

Question 20

Ischemic stroke

Answer 20

Stroke that occurs where blood flow to a particular part of the brain is cut off by blockage inside a blood vessel

Question 21

parathesia

Answer 21

Tingling

Question 22

Postictal state

Answer 22

Period after a seizure that lasts 5 to 30 minutes , characterized by labored breathing and some degree of altered mental status

Question 23

Seizure

Answer 23

Neurological episode caused by a surge of electric activity in the brain

Question 24

Status epilepticus

Answer 24

Condition is which siezures recur every few minutes or last longer then 30 mins

Question 25

Stroke

Answer 25

Interruption of blood flow to the brain that results in the loss of brain function

Question 26

Syncope

Answer 26

Fainting spell or loss of consciousness

Question 27

Thrombosis

Answer 27

Blood clot in the arterial or veins, results in the interruption of the cerebral blood and stroke

Question 28

Transient ischemic attack

Answer 28

A disorder of the brain in which brain cells temp stop functioning because of insufficient oxygen causing strokelike symptoms that resolve completely within 24 hours of onset