Disability Flashcards
1
Q
DISABILITY
• assess ___using ___
A
DISABILITY
• assess LOC using GCS
2
Q
Pupils unequal or sluggish suggests
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local eye problem or lateralizing CNS lesion
3
Q
reactive pupils + decreased LOC=
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metabolic or structural cause
4
Q
non-reactive pupils + decreased LOC=
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: structural cause (especially if asymmetric)
5
Q
the 3 part score of Glasgow Coma Scale are
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Eyes + Verbal + Motor = Total
6
Q
• if patient intubated, GCS score reported out of _____
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10 + T (T = tubed, i.e. no verbal component)
7
Q
Eyes score
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Spontaneously 4
To voice 3
To pain 2
No response 1
8
Q
Best Verbal Response
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Answers questions appropriately 5 Confused, disoriented 4 Inappropriate words 3 .Incomprehensible sounds 2 No verbal response 1
9
Q
Best Motor Response
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Obeys commands 6 Localizes to pain 5 Withdraws from pain 4 Decorticate (flexion) 3 Decerebrate (extension) 2 No response 1
10
Q
Interpretation of GCS.
mild injury, moderate injury, = severe injury
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13-15 = mild injury, 9-12 = moderate injury, ≤8 = severe injury
