MDC 4 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWER 100% PASS

MDC 4 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWER 100% PASS Hypothermia interventions prevent heat loss warm up no booze blankets supine space out meds withhold IV meds until core temp 86 or higher monitor for vfib rewarm trunk Parkinson's 4 cardinal symptoms tremor muscle rigidity bradykinesia or askinesia (slow or no movement) postural instability mask like face shuffling gate, drooling Huntington's vs. Parkinson's often mistaken for each other, HD has choreiform or jerky movements Parkinson's Physcial assessment small handwriting freezing rigidity masked faces difficult chewing/swallowing orthostatic hypotension soft speech urinary incontinence Parkinson's lab tests CSF mahave low dopamine MRI or SPECT to rule out other brain conditions Parkinson's drug treatment sinement-carbadopa/levadopa (stimulate dopamine receptors) COMT Inhibitor-Entacapone (prolong action of levodopa) MAOIS-rasagiline mesylate (increase dopamine concentration) Dopamine receptor agonists- Bromocriptine mesylate (promote dopamine release) Antiviral-amantadine Parkinson's surgical treatment stereotactic pallidotomy- destroy a portion of the globus pallidus, and thereby, decrease patients' muscle rigidity from Parkinson's disease DBS-uses electrical stimulation to modulate these control centers deep to the surface of the brain, improving communication between brain cells. This helps to reduce symptoms such as tremor, slowness, and stiffness. Seizures (Epilepsy) seizuer-sudden uncontrolled electrical discharge of neurons epilepsy-2 or more seizures Generalized Seizures types Tonic-clonic tonic clonic myoclonic atonic partial seizure types complex/automatisms simple tonic-clonic seizure (grand mal) begins on both sides of the brain, but can start in one side and spread to the whole brain. LOC muscles stiffen jerking movements last 1 to 3 minutes and take longer for a person to recover. Tonic Seizure a sudden stiffness or tension in the muscles of the arms, legs or trunk. The stiffness lasts about 20 seconds and is most likely to happen during