Neurology Review
7.) Select all that apply to a Parasympathetic response.
1.) Select all the appropriate actions for suspected
Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) overdose.
Decrease in HR
Stimularion of the Vagus Nerve
Contact Poison Control
Consider benzodiazapines
Dilated Pupils
Arrhythmias
Sodium Bicarbonate
CPAP
Consider External Cooling
Activated Charcoal
Pupil Constriction
Decrease in BGL
Increase in BGL
Increased gut motility
2.) Which is not considered an SSRI?
8.) Chemical mediator of the Parasympathetic response is ______.
3.) Hyperthermia is common in SSRI poisonings.
9.) The X (10th) cranial nerve is _______.
10.) Parasympathetic response is ________.
4.) Select all the appropriate treatments for Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCA's) poisoning.
Consider External Cooling
Call poison control
11.) Choose the chemical mediator(s) for the Sympathetic response.
Consider fluid bolus
12 Lead
Naloxone
Sodium Bicarbonate
12.) The Sympathetic response does all BUT
5.) Which type of drug do Aspirin, Pepto-Bismol, Ben-Gay, and Icy Hot belong to?
13.) Both Parasympathetic and Sympathetic responses are functions of the Autonomic functions.
6.) What is considered a toxic dose of Salicylates?
14.) Define SLUDGE.
15.) Select all signs of a Basil Skull Fracture
Battle Signs
CSF
Raccoon Eyes
Open or closed head injury
16.) Label the layers of the meninges.
17.) What is the web-like structure that protects and cushions the brain?
18.) What is the inner most layer of the meninges?
19.) What type of injury is pictured above?
20.) This type of headache is vascular, typically unilateral
and more common in women.
21.) Medic school gives you this type of headache.
22.) This type of headache is associated with
tumors, infections, and diseases.
23.) Name the two main classifications of Strokes.
24.) Which dysrhythmia is associated with increased risk for stroke?
25.) Name medical conditions that can mimic a stroke.
This intracranial hemorrhage is a slow venous bleed.
26.) This brain bleed is characterized by a faster onset with greater pressure. A "lucid" period is common after LOC, followed by sudden death.
27.) Watch the video to the right.
What type of seizure did he have?
28.) Watch the video to the left
What type of seizure did he have?
29.) Watch the video to the right.
What type of seizure did he have?
30.) What type of seizure is common in infants and toddlers, generally benign, and preceded by a fever?
31.) Which medication would you administer for a postictal patient?
32.) Your patient begins to seize in route to the hospital. What is your first line medication?
33.) Select the group of medications that are ALL treatments for seizures.
34.) What is the name for this arterial system in the brain?
35.) This type of stroke is characterized by a sudden onset of headache, N+V, and pupils may be unequal.
36.) This type of stroke results from ischemia that progressed into infarction. (hint: there are two subclasses)
37.) Select the option that best describes a temperary interruption of 02 supply without distruction of tissue.
38.) Select all the potential causes of ALOC.
Trauma
Hypovolemia
Toxicoloigical
Cardiovascular
Medic School
Environmental
Metabloic
Idiopathic
Psychological
39.) Choose the medication that is NOT a blood thinner.
Neuro Assessment Word Search
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TIA
SPEECH
HISTORY
TIME
AEIOUTIPS
GLASGOW
FEVER
BALANCE
BELLSPALSY
THINNERS
TRAUMA
VISION
SUGAR
FACIALDROOP
HEADACHE
HYPERTENSION
SEIZURE
ARMS
STROKE
PUPILS
MIGRAINE
40.) Kepra is a medication used to treat _________.
41.) Plavix and Aggrenox are classified as a ________.
42.)These medications influence the relaxation of cardiac contractions by blocking an electrolyte.
43.) These medications inhibit epinephrine, relaxes vessels, lowering BP and decreasing HR.
44.) These medications typically have a suffix of -pine or -mil.
45.) Blocks the formation of angiotensin II, which narrows vessels and increases cardiac workload.
45.) This medication is used to treat BOTH Cyanide poisonings and Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome.
46.) Hydroxocobalamin is also known as ___________.
47.) During transport, your 9 year old patient begins to seize.
He is 34kg. Your midazolam vial is pictured to the left.
Your protocols state .1 mg/kg.
How many ML's will you draw?
48.) Your 42 year old patient was in a TC.
He has a head lac to his forehead, a closed fracture to his left wrist and slightly altered.
Vitals WNL (other than not remembering what happened.)
He weighs appox 200 lbs.
On hand is the vial pictured below.
What is your dosage?
49.) Your patient is a 36 year old female being housed in a jail cell after getting in a bar fight.
She needs to be medically cleared by the hospital. She refuses to go, is combative, and is paranoid someone is going to kill her.
She is 65kg. On hand you have the vial pictured to left.
What is the max ML's you can draw?
50.) Your patient is a 56 year old male that is being transported after a TC. He appears to be uninjured but is suspected DUI.
He suddenly tenses up then panics, because he, "not going back to jail." Your need to work on your verbal judo and can't talk him down.
Your partner decides to chemically sedate him.
How many ML's does she draw up?