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Reflexes: Newborn and Infants - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > -
Blinking: closing eyes in response to light
-Babinski reflex: as the toe is stroked, the toes will extend
upward
-Crawling: if the infant is placed on their stomach they will
make crawling motions
-Startle reflex: a quick change in position will cause the infant to
throw arms outward, open the hands, and throw back the head
-Palmar/plantar grasp: the infants fingers or toes will curl
around a finger placed in the area
Reflexes: Older Child and Adult - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Usually examined with use of a reflex hammer on different
points on the body
,Cranial Nerves: I Olfactory - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Patient
may be asked to identify different smells
Cranial Nerves: II Optic - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Examiner can
evaluate visual acuity, visual fields, and using an
ophthalmoscope, check the anatomy of the eye
Cranial Nerves: III Oculomotor - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Examine pupil size and responses
Cranial Nerves: IV Trochlear - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > also is
evaluated with CN III
Cranial Nerves: V Trigeminal - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Touch
the face, observe how the patient bites down
Cranial Nerves: VI Abducens - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The
patient may be asked to follow a light or finger using their eyes
Cranial Nerves: VII Facial - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The patient
may be asked to smile, show their teeth, or taste things
,Cranial Nerves: VIII Acoustic - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Can be
evaluated by snapping near the patient's ear and asking if it is
coming from the right or left
Cranial Nerves: IX Glossopharyngeal - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
The gag reflex may be tested or different tastes on the back of
the tongue
Cranial Nerves: X Vagus - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The patient
may be asked to swallow and a tongue blade may be used to
elicit the gag reflex
Cranial Nerves: XI Accessory - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > The
patient may be asked to shrug their shoulders or turn their
head from side to side against resistance
Cranial Nerves: XII Hypoglossal - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Can be
evaluated by having the patient stick out their tongue and
speak
Ativan - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Generic Name: Lorazepam
Common Use: Extended Seizures, Status Epilepticus
, Other Facts: First choice for relieving status epilepticus,
increases beta
Carbatrol/Tegretol - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Generic Name:
Carbamazepine
Common Uses: Complex Partial, Simple Partial, GTC
Other Facts: May make absence and myoclonic seizures worse;
may show mild alpha slowing
Cerebyx - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Generic Name: Fosphenytoin
Common Uses: Used as a short term AED in ICU, status, and
surgery
Depakote/Depakene - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Generic Name:
Valporic Acid
Common Uses: Complex Partial, Simple Partial, Myoclonic,
Absence, GTC
Other Facts: Depakote may also be used for migraines
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