Chapters 19,20,21

Question 1

Reticular activating system

Answer 1

Neurologic circuits in the brain that control the functions of staying awake, paying attention, and sleeping

Question 2

Diabetes mellitus

Answer 2

Decreased insulin production or inability of the body cells to use insulin properly

Type 1- insulin dependent: pancreatic cells fail to function properly and insulin is not secreted properly

Type 2- non insulin dependent: the body is secreting enough insulin but the body is unable to use it to move glucose out of the blood and into the cells

Question 3

Hypoglycemia

Answer 3

Low blood sugar

Question 4

Hyperglycemia

Answer 4

High blood sugar

Question 5

Sepsis

Answer 5

Infection, body response to an infection

Question 6

Tonic clonic seizure

Answer 6

Tonic- body becomes rigid stiffening for no more than 30 seconds

Clonic- the body jerks about violently for no more than 1 to 2 min patient may foam at the mouth and drool lips become cyanotic

Postictal- begins when convulsions stop may regain consciousness immediately and enter a state of drowsiness and confusion or may remain unconscious for several hours headache is common

Question 7

Aura

Answer 7

Sensation the patient has when a seizure is about to begin smell, sound, general feeling

Question 8

Hypoxia

Answer 8

Lack of oxygen

Question 9

Epilepsy

Answer 9

A medical condition that causes seizures

Question 10

Stroke

Answer 10

Cerebral vascular accident

Injury of brain tissue that is deprived of oxygen

Blockage of an artery that supplies blood to part of the brain or bleeding from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain

Question 11

Cincinnati prehospital stroke scale

Answer 11

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