COMA

Question 1

three main symptoms of a coma:

Answer 1

Unconsciousness
Lack of eye response
Lack of motor (movement) response

Question 2

is the most widely used scale for grading how severe a coma is

Answer 2

Glasgow Coma Scale

Question 3

Most common imaging for coma

Answer 3

ct mri

Question 4

This test detects and tracks your brain’s electrical activity. It can help determine the severity of a coma or detect signs of conditions that may cause a coma, like seizures and epilepsy.

Answer 4

EEG

Question 5

This test can help detect or rule out a heart rhythm problem that could have led to a coma.

Answer 5

Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG).

Question 6

A person in this state is awake but unaware of the world around them and doesn’t show any intentional behaviors. They may open their eyes or do things that look like reactions to the world around them, but they aren’t actually aware or acting intentionally.

Answer 6

Vegetative state.

Question 7

When a vegetative state lasts long enough, it’s known as a

Answer 7

persistent vegetative state

Question 8

experts define a vegetative state as “persistent” when it lasts ___

Answer 8

at least three months when not related to trauma and at least 12 months when related to trauma

Question 9

This is when a person shows some awareness of the world around them and some intentional behaviors. They can follow simple commands and say short phrases, but they can’t do these things consistently.

Answer 9

Minimally conscious state.

Question 10

A vegetative state is same with a coma t or f

Answer 10

f; similar but not same