Nystagmus rapid - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ADULT - NEUROLOGIC PROBLEMS (Primary Care, Dunphy, Winland-Brown, Porter, & Thomas) Questions with 100% Correct Answers Latest 2024 Version VERTIGO - DEF: Sensation of rotation; Spinning DIZZINESS - DEF: Sensation of unsteadiness, movement w/in head; "Lightheadedness, weakness, faintness" VERTIGO vs CNS LESION: HX & PHYS. EXAM - Key Questions: Duration, severity, nature of episodes, assoc'd SX's (i.e. hearing loss, weakness) Key Assessment: **Ear - cerumen, otitis media; **Hearing -...

Tx of anaphylaxis ~ Prevention by knowledge of triggers, carrying EpiPen or Auvi-Q Sympathomimetics, antihistamines, glucocorticoids Therapy is symptomatic: To support cardiovascular system, To prevent further hyperreaction of immune system Give oxygen immediately Antihistamine—Prevents release of histamine Bronchodilator—Relieves shortness of breath Corticosteroids—Suppress inflammation Meniere's Disease ~ Abnormal condition within the labyrinth of the inner ear that can lea...

EXSS 288 Final Exam Study Guide Rated A+ cerebrospinal fluid -Contained between the arachnoid and pia mater membranes -Mechanical and immune protection, Forms cushion around brain and spinal chord coup injury occurs directly where impact is contrecoup injury occurs on opposite side of impact cerebral concussion (mTBI) Definition: "clinical syndrome characterized by immediate and transient posttraumatic impairment of neural functions" May experience these signs and symptoms w...

BPPV - answer-benign paroxysmal positional vertigo semicircular canals - answer-anterior, posterior, and lateral (horizontal) otolith organs - answer-utricle and saccule Causes of BPPV - answer-Mechanical disorder caused by otoconia displaced from the macula of the utricle from: infection head trauma vestibular weakness age BPPV symptoms - answer-vertigo nausea nystagmus change in head position** vertigo - answer-with change in head position such as when turning over in bed, gettin...

NREMT Paramedic Exam(National Registry)Latest 2023 stridor - Answer Harsh or high-pitched respiratory sound, swelling, fb in upper airway. Croup is an example Snoring - Answer The sound of the soft tissue of the upper airway creating a partial obstruction of air flow. The tongue blocking the airway is an example. gurgling - Answer indicates presence of fluid in the upper airway, need for suctioning Decorticate - Answer elbows and hands flexed, and legs flexed. They are internally rotat...

Head (inspect, palpate, testing cranaial nerves) Eyes (inspect) Ears (inspect, hearing test) Nose (inspection) Throat (inspection, palpation) correct answers what are the components of the HEENT? HEENT Exam correct answers Overlaps with Cranial Nerve Exam Usually completed all together dysphagia correct answers difficulty swallowing goiter correct answers increase in size of thyroid gland (occurs in hyperthyroidism) vertigo correct answers sensation of the room or one's own b...

Constitutional Atraumatic correct answers No evidence of trauma to the body Constitutional Diaphoresis correct answers Excessive sweating Constitutional Febrile correct answers Having a fever Constitutional Malaise correct answers Generalized discomfort or weakness Constitutional Normocephalic correct answers Normal shaped head Constitutional Polydispsia correct answers Excessive thirst Constitutional Polyuria correct answers Excessive urination Eyes Conjuncti...

RHSC420 Exam Questions with Correct Answers Describe the pupillodilator reflex - Answer-1) Afferent info in T1 spinal segment in response to emotional stimuli in higher centers 2) Preganglionic afferents leave SC travel to superior cervical ganglion 3) Postganglionic fibers travel to orbit by V1-CN5 4) Branch off V1-CN5 as long ciliary nerves and innervate dilator pupillae Describe the corneal blink reflex - Answer-1) stimuli on cornea 2) afferents travel by V1-CN5 to trigeminal sensory...

NSG 316 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS 2024/2025 Cranial Nerve I: Olfactory Test - ANSWERS test sense of smell with familiar odor Cranial Nerve II: Optic Test - ANSWERS test visual acuity and visual field with confrontation Confrontation Test - ANSWERS gross measure of peripheral vision -stand 2 fett from person -have patient cover one eye, then cover your own eye opposite to the persons covered one -hold finger as target midline between you and patient, slowly advance ...

Aging Eyes - ️️Color Vision Fades Glare Adaptation Difficult Peripheral Vision Decreases Depth Perception Decreases Farsightedness (Reading Glasses) Lens (Opacity and Decreased Elasticity) => Decreased Vision Aging Ears - ️️Difficult to filter background noises (Impaired Verbal Communication) Organ of Corti Hair Cell Damage (High Pitch Range Lost) Both lead to => F, S, K, Sh sounds lost first Nystagmus - ️️Involuntary, cyclical, rapid movement of the eyes in resp...