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EMR TEST 6: Chapter 16, 17 Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
normal mental status - Answer✔️✔️-complete and accurate awareness of one's
surroundings.
altered mental status - Answer✔️✔️-decreased Pt. alertness and responsiveness to
one's surroundings
signs/symptoms of an altered mental status - Answer✔️✔️-Confusion, seizures,
inappropriate behavior or responses, lack of awareness of surroundings, syncope,
unresponsiveness
importance of obtaining a baseline mental status prior to assessment - Answer✔️✔️-
A baseline mental status allows us to accurately assess the Pt. and determine if the
Pt. is altered. We need to know "their normal" to determine if what they are
experiencing is abnormal.
Glasgow Coma Scale - Answer✔️✔️-Max- 15 pts, below 8= coma
3 components are assessed using a Glasgow Coma Scale - Answer✔️✔️-Eye
opening, verbal response, motor response.
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seizure - Answer✔️✔️-A sudden, abnormal burst of electrical activity in the brain
Generalized seizures (Grand Mal) - Answer✔️✔️-a seizure that produces
convulsions and tonic-clonic activity
Partial seizures (Petit Mal) - Answer✔️✔️-a seizure that results in a temporary loss
of awareness ("daydreamer").
signs/symptoms of a seizure. - Answer✔️✔️-Sudden loss of responsiveness
(complete or partial), aura, convulsions, loss of bladder and/or bowel control,
labored breathing, frothing at the mouth, postictal state, status epilepticus
possible causes of a seizure. - Answer✔️✔️-Epilepsy, drugs, alcohol, poison,
alcohol/drug withdrawl, brain tumor, infections, high fever (febrile), diabetic
issues, stroke, heat stroke, head injury
emergency care provided to someone having a seizure. - Answer✔️✔️-Move objects
away, protect the Pts. head, do not attempt to restrain or force anything into the
mouth, loosen restrictive clothing, after convulsion place Pt. in recovery position,
monitor ABCs and administer O2 if necessary
postictal phase of a seizure - Answer✔️✔️-Can last minutes to hours, Pt. may
become lethargic, confused, combative, and experience nausea/vomiting,
headache, fatigue, weakness
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Stroke/Cerebrovascular Accident - Answer✔️✔️-when blood flow to the brain or
part of the brain is compromised.
2 causes of a stroke - Answer✔️✔️-Obstruction/occlusion/blockage
Aneurysm
Obstruction/blockage (cause of a stroke) - Answer✔️✔️-cerebral thrombosis (clot)
occludes an artery within the brain which reduces blood flow and causes tissue to
die
Aneurysm (cause of a stroke) - Answer✔️✔️-a ruptured blood vessel in the brain
causes hemorrhage and reduced blood flow to the brain tissue.
signs/symptoms of a stroke - Answer✔️✔️-Severe headache, elevated BP, syncope,
unequal pupils, AMS, unilateral numbness/paralysis, slurred speech, blurry vision,
confusion, dizziness
Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (FAST) - Answer✔️✔️-Face - ask the Pt. to
smile (observe bilateral movement of the face)
Arms - ask the Pt. to close their eyes and raise both hands in front of them (observe
bilateral rise)
Speech (ask the Pt. to repeat a sentence after you (observe speech)
EMR TEST 6: Chapter 16, 17 Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
normal mental status - Answer✔️✔️-complete and accurate awareness of one's
surroundings.
altered mental status - Answer✔️✔️-decreased Pt. alertness and responsiveness to
one's surroundings
signs/symptoms of an altered mental status - Answer✔️✔️-Confusion, seizures,
inappropriate behavior or responses, lack of awareness of surroundings, syncope,
unresponsiveness
importance of obtaining a baseline mental status prior to assessment - Answer✔️✔️-
A baseline mental status allows us to accurately assess the Pt. and determine if the
Pt. is altered. We need to know "their normal" to determine if what they are
experiencing is abnormal.
Glasgow Coma Scale - Answer✔️✔️-Max- 15 pts, below 8= coma
3 components are assessed using a Glasgow Coma Scale - Answer✔️✔️-Eye
opening, verbal response, motor response.
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seizure - Answer✔️✔️-A sudden, abnormal burst of electrical activity in the brain
Generalized seizures (Grand Mal) - Answer✔️✔️-a seizure that produces
convulsions and tonic-clonic activity
Partial seizures (Petit Mal) - Answer✔️✔️-a seizure that results in a temporary loss
of awareness ("daydreamer").
signs/symptoms of a seizure. - Answer✔️✔️-Sudden loss of responsiveness
(complete or partial), aura, convulsions, loss of bladder and/or bowel control,
labored breathing, frothing at the mouth, postictal state, status epilepticus
possible causes of a seizure. - Answer✔️✔️-Epilepsy, drugs, alcohol, poison,
alcohol/drug withdrawl, brain tumor, infections, high fever (febrile), diabetic
issues, stroke, heat stroke, head injury
emergency care provided to someone having a seizure. - Answer✔️✔️-Move objects
away, protect the Pts. head, do not attempt to restrain or force anything into the
mouth, loosen restrictive clothing, after convulsion place Pt. in recovery position,
monitor ABCs and administer O2 if necessary
postictal phase of a seizure - Answer✔️✔️-Can last minutes to hours, Pt. may
become lethargic, confused, combative, and experience nausea/vomiting,
headache, fatigue, weakness
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Stroke/Cerebrovascular Accident - Answer✔️✔️-when blood flow to the brain or
part of the brain is compromised.
2 causes of a stroke - Answer✔️✔️-Obstruction/occlusion/blockage
Aneurysm
Obstruction/blockage (cause of a stroke) - Answer✔️✔️-cerebral thrombosis (clot)
occludes an artery within the brain which reduces blood flow and causes tissue to
die
Aneurysm (cause of a stroke) - Answer✔️✔️-a ruptured blood vessel in the brain
causes hemorrhage and reduced blood flow to the brain tissue.
signs/symptoms of a stroke - Answer✔️✔️-Severe headache, elevated BP, syncope,
unequal pupils, AMS, unilateral numbness/paralysis, slurred speech, blurry vision,
confusion, dizziness
Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale (FAST) - Answer✔️✔️-Face - ask the Pt. to
smile (observe bilateral movement of the face)
Arms - ask the Pt. to close their eyes and raise both hands in front of them (observe
bilateral rise)
Speech (ask the Pt. to repeat a sentence after you (observe speech)
