Decorticate posturing - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Navy Hospital Corpsman HCB Test 8 100% Correct A temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face bells palsy rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle clonic/clonus rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the forearms and plantar flexion of the feet decerebrate posturing posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands medially toward the center of the body in response to noxious stimuli decor...

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Navy corpsman test 8 Neuro & Endocrine Questions with correct Answers. nervous system maintains and controls all body functions by its functions and autonomic responses with its central and peripheral divisions Bell's Palsy temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face clonic/clonus Rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle occurring in some nervous system disease Decerebrate posturing Rigid extension of all 4 extremities w/ hyperpro...

1. A nurse is caring for a client who has a closed head injury and has an intraventricular catheter placed. Which of the following findings indicates that the client is experiencing increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? (Select all that apply.) A. Flat jugular veins B. A Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15 C. Sleepiness exhibited by the client D. Widening pulse pressure E. Decerebrate posturing: C, D, E Flat jugular veins is incorrect. With increased ICP, the jugular veins are typically dist...

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Navy Hospital Corpsman HCB Test 8; Questions & Answers 100% Solved (A+) A temporary acute paralysis or weakness of one side of the face Answer-bells palsy rapidly alternating involuntary contraction and relaxation of skeletal muscle Answerclonic/clonus rigid extension of all four extremities with hyperpronation of the forearms and plantar flexion of the feet Answer-decerebrate posturing posturing manifested by the obtunded pt pulling arms and hands medially toward the center of the bo...

Hydrocephalus - Excess CSF in the ventricles Spina Bifida Occulta - Small gap in the vertebrae Meningocele - Gap w/ the meninges protruding Myelomeningocele - Spinal cord protrudes Cerebral Palsy - Group of disorders that affect motor movement and muscle coordination. Increasing Intracranial Pressure - Normal ICP is 10 - 15 mmHg. Increase leads to decreased perfusion and blood flow, which then leads to tissue ischemia edema (pushing brain down or "brainstem herniation") Aler...

A nurse is caring for a client who has a closed head injury and has an intraventricular catheter placed. Which of the following findings indicates that the client is experiencing increased intracranial pressure (ICP)? (Select all that apply.) A. Flat jugular veins B. A Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15 C. Sleepiness exhibited by the client D. Widening pulse pressure E. Decerebrate posturing - correct answer C, D, E Flat jugular veins is incorrect. With increased ICP, the jugular veins a...

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