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Absence Seizures - Correct Answer - day dreaming - LOC for a few seconds - s/s = pick at clothes, lip smack, blank stare According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst - Correct Answer highest acuity patients will receive quickest intervention (Most ill/severe will get seen first) ...

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MDC4 Final Exam Study Guide Questions
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Absence Seizures - Correct Answer - day dreaming

- LOC for a few seconds

- s/s = pick at clothes, lip smack, blank stare



According to triage, what patients would be seen firtst - Correct Answer highest acuity patients will
receive quickest intervention



(Most ill/severe will get seen first)



acronym for vent alarms - Correct Answer HOLD:

Hi pressure alarm= Obstruction

Low pressure alarm= Disconnection



Acute management of spinal cord injury - Correct Answer - airway and breathing

- immobilize head and neck (c-collar)

- determine LOC by using GCS



Additional Nursing care measures for ICP - Correct Answer - turn down the lights

- no TV or noise

- put sign on door telling visitors to see nurse first



Alzheimer's is the result of? - Correct Answer changes in personality, memory, and/or judgement



assessment findings for PE - Correct Answer - sudden dyspnea

- chest pain

- feeling of impending doom

- JVD

- tachy

,- chest petechiae

- ECG changes

- abnormal heart sounds



assessment of patient on vent - Correct Answer - vitals

- O2 saturation

- auscultate breath sounds

- pain/anxiety

- tube placement

- vent settings



at what temperature does hypothermia occur? - Correct Answer less than 95F



Atonic Seizures - Correct Answer loss of muscle tone - fall



Broca's area - Correct Answer expressive aphasia: unable to communicate/express back in speech



can a person with flail chest recover - Correct Answer managable with vigilant respiratory care



causes of spinal cord injury - Correct Answer traumatic: falls, MVA, violence



Non-traumatic: tumors, RA



Direct: fracture, hyperflexion (diving), hyperextension, penetration (GSW), axial load



Complications of ICP - Correct Answer hydrocephalus, infection, stroke, increased ICP



Complications of Spinal cord injury - Correct Answer - autonomic dysreflexia

- neurogenic shock (hypo, bready, edema, temp)



Diagnosis of meningitis - Correct Answer CSF analysis

,diagnosis of MS - Correct Answer no 100% way

- MRI

- CSF analysis (increased WBC, proteins, IgG)



diagnosis of spinal cord injury - Correct Answer X-ray, CT scan, MRI



diagnosis of stroke - Correct Answer CT without contrast



DMAT - Correct Answer Disaster Medical Assistance Team



Early s/s of Alzheimer's Disease - Correct Answer - decreased short term memory

- decreased sense of smell

- misplaced items



Education for Seizures and Seizure treatment - Correct Answer - medication compliance (abrupt
withdrawal = rebound seizures)

- do not drive

- wear medical alert bracelet



Etiology of stroke - Correct Answer - nonmodifiable = age, sex, history

- modifiable = HTN, BC user, high cholesterol, smoker



examples of an internal disaster - Correct Answer - fire

- water pipe burst

- power outage

- shooting at Seattle Grace



examples of external disasters - Correct Answer - earthquake

- flood

- car pile up

, - ferry boat crash



Eyes for Glasgow Coma Scale - Correct Answer ESPN



E - eyes open spontaneously (4)

S - sound (3)

P - pain (2)

N - not open (1)



General Left vs Right side stroke - Correct Answer Left = language

Right = impulse & judgement



how can a person be prepared for disasters - Correct Answer have a go bag with personal readiness
supplies



**should be enough for three days at least



How do you diagnose siezures - Correct Answer EEG (wash hair prior)



How does Parkinson's progress? - Correct Answer slowly, but will eventually lead to disability



how does TBI occur - Correct Answer falls, mva, gsw, sports



how does the patient usually present with flail chest - Correct Answer - anxious

- short of breath

- in pain



how is a frostbit injury handled after rewarming has taken place? - Correct Answer injury should be
handled above heart level



how is a person warmed after frostbite? - Correct Answer rapid rewarming with a water bath that's
temperature is 104-108F

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