Thrombotic stroke is known as? What happens when someone has this stroke? - Answer✔✔-Ischemic
(most common)
Caused by a thrombus (blood clot) in the arteries that block supply to the brain
What is happening when a patient has an Embolic stroke? - Answer✔✔-caused by a blood clot or plaque
that develops elsewhere in the body and then travels to one of the blood vessels in the brain through
the bloodstream.
What is happening when a patient has a hemorrhagic stroke? - Answer✔✔-A rupture of an artery or
bleed in the brain
85% of all strokes are - Answer✔✔-ischemic strokes
15% of strokes are? - Answer✔✔-hemorrhagic
What race has the highest mortality rates for strokes? - Answer✔✔-African Americans
Risk factors for stroke could be? - Answer✔✔-Hypertension
Heart disease
smoking
Clotting/plaque issues
A-FIB
5 rights of delegation? - Answer✔✔-1. Right task
2. Right circumstance
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