Across
- 5. Lobe of brain involved with vision processing
- 6. Medication that you chew to help prevent blood clots.
- 10. Accounts for 13% of all stroke cases.
- 12. cluster of abnormally formed blood vessels.
- 13. warning stroke
- 14. Risk for strokes is much higher in African Americans, ____ and Asian pacific.
- 15. Common symptoms of stroke that will mess up the most beautiful smile.
- 16. calculates stroke severity
- 17. Acronym of WARNING SIGNS to remember for stroke signs!! If you work in the hospital look at the back of your badge.
- 19. clogged blood vessel
- 20. You might grab the Excedrine bottle if you are experiencing. However, could be a symptom of a stroke.
- 24. slurred speech
- 25. blood clot that breaks off and travels. Can cause stroke if it goes to the brain.
- 26. ___ loss is a commonly looked over signs of stroke.
- 27. sometimes mistaken for a stroke but is actually caused by a virus.
- 28. is an inability to identify objects, people, sounds, or smells despite intact sense organs
- 30. very time sensitive. Can only be used to treat ischemic strokes in the first 3-4.5 hours.
Down
- 1. #1 most treatable risk for stoke.
- 2. Approximately _____ percent of strokes occur over the age of 65.
- 3. fatty deposits lining the vessel wall. Underlying cause of stroke.
- 4. used to prevent a cardiogenic embolism due to A-fib.
- 7. obstruction of a blood vessel supplying blood to the brain . Accounts for 87% of all stroke cases.
- 8. An inability to express speech
- 9. is an inability generate speech
- 11. warfarin's mechanism of action is interference with hepatic synthesis of Vit. ___ dependent coagulation factors.
- 18. incoordination
- 21. ballooning of a weakened region of a blood vessel.
- 22. Lobe of the brain associated with language processing.
- 23. For every 10 years over 55 the risk of stroke ______.
- 29. irregular heart beat that can cause cerebral embolism.