2024 SCRN EXAM BUNDLE GRADED A+

Communicate effectively with pre-hospital personnel. - When stroke victim activates EMS the time to imaging , neuro exam, ED MD evaluation is shorter. This should be emphasized in the community. The greatest time delay is from symptom onset to ED arrival. EMS alerts the hospital, advance notifica...

A patient is right handed and suffers from a large Right vessel occlusion in the internal carotid artery. Because it is affecting the pts dominate sphere, they are most likely to experience: - Answer-Aphasia A patient is right handed and suffers from a large left vessel occlusion in the internal c...

Neuro deterioration occurs when? - Answer-24-48 H after a stroke in 25 % of cases Most common complications within first 4 days of stroke - Answer-Pain Fever Progression of stroke UTI Most ICH occur when with administration of IV TPA - Answer-first 24 hours Temperature goal - Answer-< 100.4...

How many cranial nerves are there? - Answer-12 pairs How many spinal nerves are there? - Answer-31 pairs Penumbra - Answer-Area of ischemic brain tissue that is potentially reversible What are the two types of hemorrhagic stroke? - Answer-intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage Wha...

Save the penumbra with - Answer-Oxygen> 94%, BP < = 185/110, Glucose 140-180 Anterior Circulation - Answer-Unilateral Deficits ICA- large vessel ACA -leg MCA-arm Posterior Circulation - Answer-Bilateral deficits Basilar-large vessel Vertebral-large vessel Cerebellar arteries - all alon...

A 67yo man with a hx of HTN, DM, HLD, and smoking presents to the ED. CC of persistent dizziness q1week that has become so severe he now has double vision, N/V. His wife tells you she noticed a L facial droop and slurring. Pt reports weakness in L arm and leg. He denies HA or SZ. Head CT was nega...

A person with a stroke who seems unaware of their disability: - Answer-anosognosia Pt presents complaining of double vision, lacks horizontal eye movements while tracking is preserved. What area of the brain can cause internuclear opthalmoplegia? - Answer-Brainstem Watershed stroke is described ...

Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) - Answer-Arises from basilar. Supplies Occipital Lobe , Midbrain, Thalamus, Pineal Gland, Choroid Plexus, and Corpus Callosum Symptoms of PCA Stroke - Answer--Contralateral Visual Field Homonymous hemianopia -Visual Agnosia (unable to interpret/recognize visual inf...