Across
- 1. Type of stroke that occurs when a blood vessel in the brain breaks leaking blood into the brain
- 3. Lobe of the brain associated with language processing
- 4. Inability to speak
- 7. Leading preventable stroke risk factor
- 9. Incoordination
- 13. Medication that should be prescribed to all stroke patients by hospital day 2.
- 16. Stroke patient teaching must be ___ to the patient’s risk factors for stroke
- 18. Lobe of the brain responsible for emotions, judgments, and impulse control
- 20. The ___cerebral cortex controls the left side of the body and is involved in spatial orientation
- 21. ____ and stroke can occur together or in close proximity
- 23. Hardening and thickening of the walls of the arteries.
- 24. The ___cerebral cortex controls the right side of the body and contains the major speech centers
Down
- 2. Inability to communicate ideas in written language not due to mechanical dysfunction; typically results from damage to the parietal lobe.
- 5. inability to recognize and interpret objects, people, sounds, or smells despite intact primary sense organs
- 6. Treat ___, as it may mimic stroke symptoms
- 8. B in BE-FAST
- 10. Slurred speech
- 11. Medication that should be prescribed for any stroke patient with a history or with current Atrial Fibrillation
- 12. Any patient with a ____ higher than 100, should be placed on a statin
- 13. A bulging formation on an artery, usually caused by hypertension or an excessive amount of fatty deposits
- 14. Stroke patients must remain ___ until passing a dysphagia screen
- 15. Stroke is the ___ leading cause of death in the United States
- 17. Responsible for basic life functioning (breathing, HR, and BP)
- 19. Lobe of the brain associated with visual processing,
- 22. Type of stroke that occurs when arteries are blocked by blood clots or by the gradual build-up of plaque and other fatty deposits.