Echelon Stroke Post Test | 100% Correct
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Which of the following statements is not true in regards to epidural hematoma? - ✔✔It is very rarely life-
threatening
Which of the following is NOT a type of intracranial hematoma - ✔✔Thrombotic
Which of the following medications should NOT be used when treating a patient with an intracerebral
hemorrhage - ✔✔Anticoagulant s
The narrowing of the lumen of the cerebral vessels in which blood vessels spasm, leading to
vasoconstriction is called - ✔✔Vasospasm
Which type of hemorrhage/stroke is most likely to result in death or major disability - ✔✔Inteacerebral
hemorrage
??The type of stroke that occurs when a weakened blood vessel ruptured and bleeds, irritating brain
tissue and disrupting delicate chemical balance is called - ✔✔Hemorrhagic stroke
An abnormal collection of blood vessels resulting from faulty embryonic vascular formation is called -
✔✔AV malformation
The nurse is educating the family of a patient who experienced a stroke on the medications they are
receiving. Which of the following is a correct statement - ✔✔Mannitol decreasing the intracranial
pressure
Bleeding into the brain itself is called - ✔✔Intracerebral hematoma
A trauma related incident causing the accumulation of blood between the inner table fo the skull and
the dural membrane is called - ✔✔Epidural hematoma
