disorders of conciousness

Question 1

what is consciousness

Answer 1

state of awareness of self and environment that requires alaterness and arousal

Question 2

what is arousal vs awareness

Answer 2

arousal: level of consioucness
awareness: content of consiouscness

Question 3

what is a vegetative state

Answer 3

-return of sleep-wake cycle with periodic eye opening
-may moan
-may cry of smile or make other facial expresions without cause
-may move eyes toward things
-unable to follow instrcutions
-may react to loud sounds
-no speech
-no evidence of response to stimuli

Question 4

what is unresponsive wakefulness syndrome

Answer 4

-shift in language to describe vegetative state
-perceived as less negative connotation
-demonstatres wakefullnesss but no voluntary motor responeses
-can be transient or permanent

Question 5

what is a minimally conscious state

Answer 5

-sometimes follows instruction
-may communicate yes or no
-may speak some understandable words
-may responsd to people or things
-people with this do things inconsistently which makes it hard to distinguish between VS and MCS

Question 6

what are the indicators of emergence

Answer 6

-functional object use AND/OR functional accurate communication