ECHELON STROKE ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
HEALTHCARE STUDY GUIDE
●● What causes a stroke?
Answer: Failure to supply oxygen to brain cells leading to cell death
●● What system is affected in a stroke?
Answer: Cerebral vasculature
●● What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
Answer: A temporary episode of neurological dysfunction caused by
focal brain, spinal cord, or retinal ischemia without acute infarction (aka
mini-stroke)
●● Why are TIAs clinically important?
Answer: They indicate a higher risk of future stroke
●● How many people experience a stroke each year in the US?
Answer: About 795,000 people, 5th leading cause of death in U.S.
●● How many strokes each year are first-time strokes?
,Answer: About 610,000
●● How many stroke survivors are there in the US?
Answer: About 7.8 million adults
●● What type of disability is stroke a leading cause of?
Answer: Serious long-term disability
●● What is "The Stroke Belt"?
Answer: A region of higher stroke mortality in the Southeastern United
States. Numerous possible contributing factors have been identified,
including hypertension, low socioeconomic status, diet, cultural lifestyle,
quality of healthcare facilities, smoking, and infections.
●● What age group is most affected by stroke?
Answer: People aged 65 and older
●● Which sex is more likely to have a stroke?
Answer: Men
●● Which racial group has the highest risk of first stroke?
Answer: African Americans
, ●● How does stroke risk compare among ethnic groups?
Answer: Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native populations have
higher risk than whites but lower than African Americans
●● What percentage of strokes are ischemic?
Answer: About 87%
●● What percentage of strokes are hemorrhagic?
Answer: About 13%
●● What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
Answer: A weakened blood vessel in the brain bursts, causing bleeding
into or around the brain
●● What are the two types of hemorrhagic stroke?
Answer: Intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage
●● What is an intracerebral hemorrhage?
Answer: Bleeding directly into the brain tissue
●● What is a subarachnoid hemorrhage?
Answer: Bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin tissues
covering it, often caused by a burst aneurysm
AND CORRECT ANSWERS COMPLETE
HEALTHCARE STUDY GUIDE
●● What causes a stroke?
Answer: Failure to supply oxygen to brain cells leading to cell death
●● What system is affected in a stroke?
Answer: Cerebral vasculature
●● What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
Answer: A temporary episode of neurological dysfunction caused by
focal brain, spinal cord, or retinal ischemia without acute infarction (aka
mini-stroke)
●● Why are TIAs clinically important?
Answer: They indicate a higher risk of future stroke
●● How many people experience a stroke each year in the US?
Answer: About 795,000 people, 5th leading cause of death in U.S.
●● How many strokes each year are first-time strokes?
,Answer: About 610,000
●● How many stroke survivors are there in the US?
Answer: About 7.8 million adults
●● What type of disability is stroke a leading cause of?
Answer: Serious long-term disability
●● What is "The Stroke Belt"?
Answer: A region of higher stroke mortality in the Southeastern United
States. Numerous possible contributing factors have been identified,
including hypertension, low socioeconomic status, diet, cultural lifestyle,
quality of healthcare facilities, smoking, and infections.
●● What age group is most affected by stroke?
Answer: People aged 65 and older
●● Which sex is more likely to have a stroke?
Answer: Men
●● Which racial group has the highest risk of first stroke?
Answer: African Americans
, ●● How does stroke risk compare among ethnic groups?
Answer: Hispanic and American Indian/Alaska Native populations have
higher risk than whites but lower than African Americans
●● What percentage of strokes are ischemic?
Answer: About 87%
●● What percentage of strokes are hemorrhagic?
Answer: About 13%
●● What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
Answer: A weakened blood vessel in the brain bursts, causing bleeding
into or around the brain
●● What are the two types of hemorrhagic stroke?
Answer: Intracerebral hemorrhage and subarachnoid hemorrhage
●● What is an intracerebral hemorrhage?
Answer: Bleeding directly into the brain tissue
●● What is a subarachnoid hemorrhage?
Answer: Bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin tissues
covering it, often caused by a burst aneurysm
