ABRET EXAM (STUDY GUIDE NOTE) WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
What are the main patient history questions we need to ask patients? - Why, When,
Major Illness, How Often, FMH, handedness, sleep deprived, aura, LOC
In regards to pt history, what special questions to children get asked? - Full Term,
Gestational, conceptual, chronological age
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to comatose pts?
- Onset of unresponsiveness, cause, response to stimuli
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to szs? - Start
date, what happens during, aura, loc, happens after, time of day, last event
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to headache? -
start date, fz, duration, location
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to head trauma?
- loc, loss of memory, sz, location, skull defect
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to tumor? -
Sudden, language problems, personality difference
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to stroke? -
sudden, side, aphasia, headache, improved
What is the encephalon? - Whole brain
What is the cerebrum? - two cerebral hemispheres
Where is the cerebellum? - at very back of brain
What is the function of the cerebellum? - movement, timing, coordination, motor
learning
Where is the brainstem? - between brain and spinal cord
What is the function of the brainstem? - controls neural flow of messages btwn brain
and body, controls breathing, swallow, heart, BP
What is a hemisphere? - one half of brain
COMPLETE SOLUTION
What are the main patient history questions we need to ask patients? - Why, When,
Major Illness, How Often, FMH, handedness, sleep deprived, aura, LOC
In regards to pt history, what special questions to children get asked? - Full Term,
Gestational, conceptual, chronological age
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to comatose pts?
- Onset of unresponsiveness, cause, response to stimuli
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to szs? - Start
date, what happens during, aura, loc, happens after, time of day, last event
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to headache? -
start date, fz, duration, location
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to head trauma?
- loc, loss of memory, sz, location, skull defect
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to tumor? -
Sudden, language problems, personality difference
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to stroke? -
sudden, side, aphasia, headache, improved
What is the encephalon? - Whole brain
What is the cerebrum? - two cerebral hemispheres
Where is the cerebellum? - at very back of brain
What is the function of the cerebellum? - movement, timing, coordination, motor
learning
Where is the brainstem? - between brain and spinal cord
What is the function of the brainstem? - controls neural flow of messages btwn brain
and body, controls breathing, swallow, heart, BP
What is a hemisphere? - one half of brain
