Give 3 symptoms of having a stroke - ✅✅Face drooping
Arm weakness
Slurred speech
What is an ischemic stroke? - ✅✅When a vessel supplying blood to the brain is obstructed
Give 2 types of ischemic stroke - ✅✅Central thrombosis
Central embolism
What is the main cause of a hemorrhagic stroke? - ✅✅Uncontrollable hypertension
What is a hemorrhagic stroke? - ✅✅When a weakened blood vessel ruptures & bleeds into
surrounding brain
What are the 2 types of hemorrhagic stroke? - ✅✅Subarachnoid
Intracerebral
What are 2 types of weakened blood vessels that cause a hemorrhage? - ✅✅AVM
Cerebral aneurysms
What is central thrombosis? (IS) - ✅✅Where a blood clot forms within a blood vessel
What is central embolism? (IS) - ✅✅Where a blood clot forms at another location and breaks off into
the bloodstream
What is a subarachnoid hemorrhage? (HS) - ✅✅When a blood vessel on the brain surface ruptures &
bleeds into space between brain & skull