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- N138 (MCA3)
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- Samuel Merritt University
Focused study guide for Managing Care of Adults exam
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MCA III Exam 41. What are the factors that affect cerebral blood vessel tone? Ex: CO2, temperature,
shivering, what makes it go up vs down?
2. Reticular activating system responsible for wakefulness, ability to focus, fight or flight
response, & how the world is perceived, patients with loss of consciousness may have
affected their RAS
3. Know Cushing’s triad, what is it and what are the three components?
4. What is the Monroe-Kellie doctrine?
5. Know the GCS scale and how to calculate it based on patient findings, intubate patient if
GCS <8
6. Know generally about the different hematomas, what symptoms will we see? Ex:
epidural hematoma has brief lucid interval followed by LOC
7. What is the drug therapy for managing increased ICP?
8. Raccoon sign vs Battle’s sign
9. For A-line, know that you have to zero the system and align the transducer at the
phlebostatic axis
10. Know about the stages of shock. Compensatory, progressive, refractory, what will we see
in each?
11. Know how to use the Parkland formula and calculate based on a scenario. Here is a
practice problem:
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