4. comprehensive head to toe
diagnostic labs
insertion-GI tube, cath
temporary dressing
splints to fractures
Secondary survey
P.E. Intervention
decoricate posture
ARF oxygenation
5. nonpurposeful, stereotyped, and repetitive behaviors that commonly accompany focal impaired awareness
seizures (in the semiologic classification, they define automotor seizures). The behavior is inappropriate for the
situation. Patients are usually amnestic to their automatisms.
complex/automatism seizure
seizure phase Prodomal
Seizure phase post ictal
tonic-clonic seizure (grand mal)
6. stereotactic pallidotomy- destroy a portion of the globus pallidus, and thereby, decrease patients' muscle rigidity
from Parkinson's disease
DBS-uses electrical stimulation to modulate these control centers deep to the surface of the brain, improving
communication between brain cells. This helps to reduce symptoms such as tremor, slowness, and stiffness.
, Parkinson's surgical treatment
Heat exhaustion interventions
Parkinson's lab tests
Parkinson's 4 cardinal symptoms
7. CSF mahave low dopamine
MRI or SPECT to rule out other brain conditions
Parkinson's drug treatment
MG non-surgical interventions
Parkinson's lab tests
ARF interventions
8. lack of meds, give a med and see if it helps
Myasthenic crisis
Cushing triad
Myasthenia Gravis patho
Non urgent triage
9. complete- no function below injury
incomplete-some function below injury
Spinal cord injury complete vs incomplete
Spinal Cord Injury Intervention
, Triage rules
HEat stroke prehospital interventions
10. Tonic-clonic
tonic
clonic
myoclonic
atonic
Multiple sclerosis patho
Generalized Seizures types
Seizure Diagnostic testing
Severe hypothermia symptoms
11. could wait several hours and survive
ex. rash
strains and sprains
colds
simple fractures
Non urgent triage
ARF interventions
Myasthenic crisis
Vent care
12. ABC's
peripheral pulses and cap refill
hemmorage check
Glascow coma scale
spinal shock- loss of motor, reflexes
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