Delirium Pop Quiz

HELP volunteers may recognize delirium while a patient's doctors and nurses may not.

• True

• False

Which are hallmark signs of delirium?

• Distorted sense of time

• Long-term memory loss

• Feeling of fear

• Left arm pain

• Hypervigilance

Which is true about delirium?

• presents as acute onset

• is another word for dementia

HELP volunteer protocols greatly ______ the risk of delirium

Which is true, when someone is actively experiencing delirium?

• HELP protocols won't help, since those are only for prevention.

• The condition is a medical emergency.

• The brain will build immunity, protecting from another occurrence.

• Patient should be left alone so the delirium can run its course.

Which clinical license is required in order to help a patient reduce stress?

• LCSW

• DNP / RN / CNA

• MD / APRN

• no license required

Name a delirium risk factor.

(challenge: write something no one else writes)

Patients who experience delirium will get back to their baseline and have no lasting effects.

• True

• False

What does UB-CAM stand for?

• Unique Battery for Cognition, Agitation and Memory

• Ultra-Brief Cognition And Memory

• Ultra-Brief Confusion Assessment Method

If you were to experience delirium, what would you want a volunteer to do?