ABRET Exam (Study Guide Note) With Complete Solution
What are the main patient history questions we need to ask patients? - Why, When, Major Illness, How Often, FMH, handedness, sleep deprived, aura, LOC
In regards
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ABRET Exam (Study Guide Note) With Complete Solution
What are the main patient history questions we need to ask patients? - Why, When, Major Illness, How Often, FMH, handedness, sleep deprived, aura, LOC
In regards to pt history, what special questions to children get asked? - Full Term, Gestational, conceptual, chronological age
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to comatose pts? - Onset of unresponsiveness, cause, response to stimuli
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to szs? - Start date, what happens during, aura, loc, happens after, time of day, last event
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to headache? - start date, fz, duration, location
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to head trauma? - loc, loss of memory, sz, location, skull defect
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to tumor? - Sudden, language problems, personality difference
In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to stroke? - sudden, side, aphasia, headache, improved
What is the encephalon? - Whole brain
What is the cerebrum? - two cerebral hemispheres
Where is the cerebellum? - at very back of brain
What is the function of the cerebellum? - movement, timing, coordination, motor learning
Where is the brainstem? - between brain and spinal cord
What is the function of the brainstem? - controls neural flow of messages btwn brain and body, controls breathing, swallow, heart, BP
What is a hemisphere? - one half of brain
What is a ventricle? - fluid filled cavity in brain
What are the meninges? - 3 membranes btwn brain and skull
What are the meninges outermost to innermost?
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