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Dental Nurse Exam 313 Study Guide
Solutions
What can bring disorders of the Nervous System: - ANSWER✔✔-Previous stroke
Epilepsy
Medications
Bell's Palsy
BELL'S PALSY is: - ANSWER✔✔-is temporary weakness or paralysis of the facial nerve, which affect the
movement of one side of the face.
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA - ANSWER✔✔-Trigeminal neuralgia is sudden, severe facial pain. It's often
described as a sharp shooting pain or like having an electric shock in the jaw, teeth or gums.
Medication that can used is: Gabapentin
SENSORY - ANSWER✔✔-is a physiological capacity of organisms to transmit impulses from the organs to
nerve centers.
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MOTOR NERVES - ANSWER✔✔-A motor nerve is a nerve located in the central nervous system (CNS),
usually the spinal cord, that sends motor signals from the CNS to the muscles of the body.
AUTONOMIC - ANSWER✔✔-Without any control
TRIGEMINAL NERVE: - ANSWER✔✔-The fifth (V) CRANIAL NERVE
FACIAL NERVE IS: - ANSWER✔✔-VII NERVE
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE IS: - ANSWER✔✔-IX NERVE
HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE IS: - ANSWER✔✔-XII NERVE
Healthy body temperature is: - ANSWER✔✔-37° C
Heart rate below 60bpm is know as: - ANSWER✔✔-BRADYCARDIA
Hyperglycaemic - ANSWER✔✔-TOO MUCH SUGAR IN THE BLOOD
Unconscious casualty
check the breathing for: - ANSWER✔✔-10 SECONDS
GLYCERYL TRINITRATE - ANSWER✔✔-ANGINA
SEIZURE - ANSWER✔✔-Electrical activity suddenly becomes disorganised
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AED - ANSWER✔✔-AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR
AED used for: - ANSWER✔✔-VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
SIGNS means: - ANSWER✔✔-something that the dentist/doctor can see
SYMPTOM means: - ANSWER✔✔-Only the patient can feel the symptoms like pain, nausea, dizzinness,
etc. for this reason they are not signs, but symptoms.
SIGNS OF CARDIAC ARREST: - ANSWER✔✔-GREY PALLOR
NO PULSE
NO CHEST MOVEMENT
Emergency drugs administered by intramuscular injection: - ANSWER✔✔-ADRENALINE
FIRST AID Actions in case of conscious casualty with angina attack - ANSWER✔✔-Maintain the casualty
upright
What to do in the event of an epileptic fit: - ANSWER✔✔-Remove any dangerous objects from the area
First action in the event of a scald: - ANSWER✔✔-Cool the affected part
Emergency Drugs in the event of ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK: - ANSWER✔✔-EPINEPHRINE
A tonic clonic SEIZURE is: - ANSWER✔✔-EPILEPSY
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SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF *VASO-VAGAL SYNCOPE* - ANSWER✔✔-Light headed
Nauseous
Warm but skin may feel cool and sweaty
Symptoms STROKE - ANSWER✔✔-Numbness in the face, arm or leg
Confusion
Difficulty speaking
Symptoms ANGINA ATTACK: - ANSWER✔✔-Pain on Exertion
ACTIONS for UNCONSCIOUS PATIENT: - ANSWER✔✔-Clear airway and
if breathing place in recovery position
Stored EPI PENS in: - ANSWER✔✔-Emergency drugs kit
Medical emergency: Pain down in the left arm: - ANSWER✔✔-MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
First sign of Respiratory arrest - ANSWER✔✔-Turning blue
Managed, Patient suffering shock: - ANSWER✔✔-Keep Warm
Predisposing FACTORS of Acute Necrotising Ulcerative Gingivitis are: - ANSWER✔✔-Stress
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