Neurology and Stroke Assessment Quiz

All the following are structural causes of altered mental status except

• brain tumor.

• bleeding in the brain tissue.

• impaled object to the brain.

• hypoxia.

Assessment of patients with altered mental status must include all the following except the

• head.

• pupils.

• tympanic membrane.

• chest.

Altered mental status and the inability to speak or feel sensation or move are all signs or symptoms of

• trauma.

• neurologic deficit.

• embolism.

• acute myocardial infarction.

The process of clot formation is referred to as

• lordosis.

• thrombosis.

• embolism.

• hemorrhagia.

The most common nontraumatic brain injury is

• seizure.

• hypoxia.

• stroke.

• hypothermia.

Paralysis that affects both lower extremities is called

• paraplegia.

• quadriplegia.

• monoplegia.

• hemiplegia.

All the following are signs and symptoms of a neurologic deficit resulting from nontraumatic brain injury except

• severe headache.

• paralysis.

• unequal pupils.

• fever.

Transient ischemic attack typically resolves within how many hours?

• 1

• 3

• 10

• 24

All the following are types of headaches except

• mastoid headache.

• vascular headache.

• cluster headache.

• tension headache.

All the following are assessed for in the Cincinnati Prehospital Stroke Scale except

• facial droop by having the patient smile or show the teeth.

• abnormal speech by having the patient repeat the phrase, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.”

• testing hand strength by grasping your fingers.

• arm drift by having the patient close the eyes and hold both arms out straight for 10 seconds.