CORRECT ANSWERS
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1. Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)
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eyes, verbal, movement
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2. NIHSS Stroke Scale
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looks at LOC, orientation, speech, and motor function.
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3. Stroke
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An interruption of arterial blood flow to the brain resulting in tissue damage.
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4. Two Types of Strokes
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ischemic and hemorrhagic
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5. Signs of Stroke
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Face, Arms, Speech, Time
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6. Frontal Lobe
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Movement, intellectual function, emotions, memory
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7. Parietal Lobe
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Sense of touch and visual perceptions
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8. Temporal Lobe
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Hearing and speech
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9. Occipital Lobe
, Answer:
Vision
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10. Brain Stem
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Vital functions
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11. Cerebellum
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Coordinated movements (steady gait)
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12. Left Side of Brain
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controls movement on right side of body, ability to speak, comprehend words.
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13. Right Side of Brain
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controls left side of body, spatial abilities.
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14. Traumatic Head Injury
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Result of a blow or jolt to the head.
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15. Scalp Lacerations
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Most minor type of head trauma, profuse bleeding.
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16. Skull Fractures
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Linear, depressed, comminuted, open
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17. Closed head injury
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concession, contusion, laceration, coup-contrecoup, diffuse axonal injury
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18. Loss of consciousness less than 5 minutes