Seizure Disorders Flashcards
Which seizure disorder is often misidentified as ADHD: Inattentive Type? a. Tonic b. Atonic c. Absence d. Complex Partial
Answer: Absence
When there is no known cause for a seizure disorder, it is labeled as: a. Jacksonian b. Clonic-Tonic c. Partial d. Idiopathic
Answer: Idiopathic
What type of seizure disorder involves the whole brain? a. Generalized b. Simple Partial c. Jacksonian d. Complex Partial
Answer: -Generalized
Which seizure disorder was referred to as a grand mal seizure in the past? a. Clonic b. Clonic-Tonic c. Atonic d. Myoclonic
Answer: -Clonic-Tonic
A child that is required to wear a protective helmet because they can experience a sudden loss of muscle tone that makes the child fall and collapse, has what type of seizure? a. Myoclonic b. Clonic-Tonic c. Atonic d. Tonic
Answer: Atonic (includes “drop attacks”)
What type of seizure disorder affects movement on one side of the body but the child stays aware of his or her surroundings? a. Atonic b. Simple Partial c. Complex Partial d. Clonic-Tonic
Answer: Simple Partial
All of the following are symptoms of a complex partial seizure except one, which one? a. May struggle or flail at restraint. b. May pick at clothes, pick up and put down objects, try to take clothes off. c. The child stays aware of their surroundings. d. No memory of what happened during the seizure.
Answer: The child stays aware of their surroundings
What part of the brain would be the locus of the seizure if the symptoms included thrashing movements during sleep, fear, screaming, or bicycle movements of the legs? a. Parietal lobes b. Temporal lobes c. Occipital lobes d. Frontal lobes
Answer: Frontal
What rare seizure disorder only affects one side of the brain? a. Rasmussen’s syndrome b. Jacksonian seizures c. Landau-Kleffner syndrome d. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Answer: Rasmussen’s syndrome, will affect one side half of brain (e.g. right) which controls opposite side of body causing seizures only on that side of body. Sometimes treated with a hemispherectomy.
Landau-Kleffner are also rare, BUT they are simple partial or tonic-clonic. Affects speech.
1Common first aid procedures for a child having a clonic-tonic seizure include all of the following except one, which one? a. Place something flat or soft under the child’s head. b. Don’t forcefully restrain the child. c. Put something in the child’s mouth so he/she does not bite or swallow their tongue. d. Turn the child on their side if possible.
Answer: Put something in their mouth
