EMT Neurologic Emergencies Exam 4
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Causes of seizures - CORRECT ANSWER - hypoxia, stroke, traumatic brain injury,
toxins, hypoglycemia, brain tumor, congenital brain defects, infection, metabolic, idiopathic
Three Major Parts of Brain - CORRECT ANSWER - Brainstem, Cerebellum, Cerebrum
Largest Part of Brain - CORRECT ANSWER - Cerebrum
What does Brainstem do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Controls most basic important
functions:
Breathing
BP
Swallowing
Pupil Consitriction
Cerebellum Function - CORRECT ANSWER - Controls muscle and body coordination
What does left side of brain control - CORRECT ANSWER - Right side of body
What does the right side of the brain control - CORRECT ANSWER - left side of body
Front brain function - CORRECT ANSWER - Emotion and Thought
Middle Brain Fucntion - CORRECT ANSWER - Sensation and Movement
, Back Brain Function - CORRECT ANSWER - Sight
Where is speech controlled in brain - CORRECT ANSWER - left side of brain near middle
of cerebrum
How many cranial nerves are there? - CORRECT ANSWER - 12
Where does the spinal chord exit - CORRECT ANSWER - Foramen Magnum (opening in
base of skull)
How do spinal nerves branch out - CORRECT ANSWER - At each vertebra in the neck
and back two nerves branch out
What changes is the brain sensitive to? - CORRECT ANSWER - Changes in oxygen,
glucose, and temperature
Tension Headaches - CORRECT ANSWER - Caused by muscle contractions in the head
and neck
Attributed to stress
Pain: described as squeezing, dull or an ache
Migraine Headaches - CORRECT ANSWER - Thought to be caused by changes in vessel
size to brain
-Pain: throbbing pulsing pounding
-vomiting and nausea proceeded by visual changes
- can last hours or days
Sinus Headaches - CORRECT ANSWER - Caused by pressure that is the result of fluid
accumulation in the sinus cavities
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Causes of seizures - CORRECT ANSWER - hypoxia, stroke, traumatic brain injury,
toxins, hypoglycemia, brain tumor, congenital brain defects, infection, metabolic, idiopathic
Three Major Parts of Brain - CORRECT ANSWER - Brainstem, Cerebellum, Cerebrum
Largest Part of Brain - CORRECT ANSWER - Cerebrum
What does Brainstem do? - CORRECT ANSWER - Controls most basic important
functions:
Breathing
BP
Swallowing
Pupil Consitriction
Cerebellum Function - CORRECT ANSWER - Controls muscle and body coordination
What does left side of brain control - CORRECT ANSWER - Right side of body
What does the right side of the brain control - CORRECT ANSWER - left side of body
Front brain function - CORRECT ANSWER - Emotion and Thought
Middle Brain Fucntion - CORRECT ANSWER - Sensation and Movement
, Back Brain Function - CORRECT ANSWER - Sight
Where is speech controlled in brain - CORRECT ANSWER - left side of brain near middle
of cerebrum
How many cranial nerves are there? - CORRECT ANSWER - 12
Where does the spinal chord exit - CORRECT ANSWER - Foramen Magnum (opening in
base of skull)
How do spinal nerves branch out - CORRECT ANSWER - At each vertebra in the neck
and back two nerves branch out
What changes is the brain sensitive to? - CORRECT ANSWER - Changes in oxygen,
glucose, and temperature
Tension Headaches - CORRECT ANSWER - Caused by muscle contractions in the head
and neck
Attributed to stress
Pain: described as squeezing, dull or an ache
Migraine Headaches - CORRECT ANSWER - Thought to be caused by changes in vessel
size to brain
-Pain: throbbing pulsing pounding
-vomiting and nausea proceeded by visual changes
- can last hours or days
Sinus Headaches - CORRECT ANSWER - Caused by pressure that is the result of fluid
accumulation in the sinus cavities
