ABRET Exam (Study Guide Note) With Complete Solution

ABRET Exam (Study Guide Note) With Complete Solution What are the main patient history questions we need to ask patients? - Why, When, Major Illness, How Often, FMH, handedness, sleep deprived, aura, LOC In regards to pt history, what special questions to children get asked? - Full Term, Gestational, conceptual, chronological age In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to comatose pts? - Onset of unresponsiveness, cause, response to stimuli In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to szs? - Start date, what happens during, aura, loc, happens after, time of day, last event In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to headache? - start date, fz, duration, location In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to head trauma? - loc, loss of memory, sz, location, skull defect In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to tumor? - Sudden, language problems, personality difference In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to stroke? - sudden, side, aphasia, headache, improved What is the encephalon? - Whole brain What is the cerebrum? - two cerebral hemispheres Where is the cerebellum? - at very back of brain What is the function of the cerebellum? - movement, timing, coordination, motor learning Where is the brainstem? - between brain and spinal cord What is the function of the brainstem? - controls neural flow of messages btwn brain and body, controls breathing, swallow, heart, BP What is a hemisphere? - one half of brain