CAA108Lecture-4

Altered Mental State (AMS) is defined as __________.

Altered Mental State (AMS) is defined as __________.

A condition where a person's awareness and cognition are impaired.

Some tools to determine if a patient has AMS include __________.

Observation, assessments, and diagnostic tests.

A concussion is a fully reversible brain injury that does not involve __________.

Bruising or structural damage to the brain.

True concussion symptoms may include __________.

Drowsiness, irritability, and confusion.

The four broad causes of unconsciousness include problems with __________.

Blood oxygenation, circulation, metabolism, and CNS function.

The major types of strokes are __________ and __________.

Ischaemic Stroke and Haemorrhagic Stroke.

A TIA is characterized as a __________.

Transient Ischaemic Attack, which is often a warning sign for a future stroke.

The primary survey acronym DRABCDE stands for __________.

Danger, Response, Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure.

Symptoms of a migraine may include __________.

One-sided headache, nausea and vomiting, throbbing pain.

Management of headaches may involve providing __________.

Symptomatic treatment and pain relief.

Status Epilepticus is defined as a seizure lasting more than __________ minutes.

5 minutes.

Febrile seizures are most common in children aged __________.

6 months to 6 years.

Signs that warrant serious concern regarding headaches include __________.

Persistent worsening, sudden onset, or vision changes.

The term ‘syncope’ refers to __________.

A sudden and temporary loss of consciousness.

Common prodromal symptoms of syncope may include __________.

Diaphoresis, pallor, nausea.

The mnemonic PASSPORT for syncope causation stands for __________.

Pressure, Arrhythmias, Seizure, Sugar, Output, Unusual, Transient Ischaemic Attack.