STROKE

1. a stroke caused by a blood clot that blocks or plugs a blood vessel in the brain
4. an unsteady or staggering gait
6. a check for arm weakness ask patient to hold arms even observe for
8. inability to express speech
11. test that is preformed by nurse with anyone with stroke like symptoms
12. the loss of....commonly looked over sign of stroke
14. difficult swallowing
15. acronym for warning signs to remember for stroke signs
16. a stroke caused by blood vessels that breaks and bleeds into brain
18. muscle weakness on one side
19. cluster of abnormally formed blood vessels
20. for victims of stroke, time is.....

2. education that is given to patient/family within first 4 hours of admission
3. cardiac condition that is the greatest risk for ischemic stroke
5. the inability to identify objects, people, sounds or smell despite intact sense organ
7. stroke education to be perform how often?
8. very time sensitive. can only be used to treat ischemic strokes in the first 3-4 hours
9. slurred speech
10. sometimes mistaken for a stroke but is actually caused by virus
13. a scale used to assess the severity of signs and symptoms of stroke
17. test performed at initial onset of stroke symptoms to determine ischemic or hemorrhagic