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How might you access consciousness levels?
GCS
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How does the GCS score influence our management?
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When might we use ACVPU?
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Apart from A-E, what do we need to remember to check for?
glucose
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What is the role of pupillary reflexes?
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What are we looking for when we are assessing pupillary reflexes?
- size
- shape
- asymmetry
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What might we think if we see someone who is unconscious and not moving all 4 limbs?
stroke?
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What are epileptiform movements?
seizure like
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If someone is seizing, what do you need to prescribe?
lorazepam
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What might be some symptoms associated with raised intracranial pressure?
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How to do we use pain to elicit a response in GCS?
trapezius squeeze
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best and worst GCS score?
best: 15
worst: 3
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How can GCS we used in regards for head injury?
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Causes for low GCS:
Put them in 5 groups of causes.
- hypoxia
- poor perfusion
- metabolic abnormality
- intoxication
- drug overdose
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What can the panda eye / racoon eye sign indicate?
fracture at base of skull
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What can the bable sign indicate?
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leaking cnf rhynoria / otoria
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haemotympanum
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track marks
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rash
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papilloedema
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look over different skill fractures, vessels, nerves
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