You do a quick neuro assessment on your patient and observe that he does not open his eyes, has decorticate posturing, and does not respond verbally, although he has an endotracheal tube. How would you document his GCS? (Reference below) Eye Opening      Spontaneous 4      To Speech 3      To Pain 2      None 1 Best Motor Response      Obeys 6       Localizes 5      Withdraws 4      Abnormal Flexion 3      Abnormal Extension 2      None 1 Best Verbal Response      Oriented conversation 5       Confused conversation 4      Inappropriate words 3      Incomprehensible sounds 2      None 1

Your patient arrives to the Emergency room with a family member who reports new symptoms of left sided weakness. You quickly jump into action and use your Stroke assessment algorithm “FAST” which stands for_________.  

Your ICU patient’s current blood pressure is 83/46 and their ICP bolt sensor reads 12 mmHg. Given the equation MAP = (SBP + 2(DBP))/3, and CPP = MAP-ICP, what do you expect the outcome will be for your patient?

You find a patient who appears to be unconscious. Which of the following would you first?  

Which of the following is a LATE sign of increased ICP?  

Which of the following would lead the nurse to doubt a diagnosis of brain death?

Which two qualities of molecules can pass through a lipid bilayer without a transport protein?    

Which of the following are techniques built into contemporary processors to increase microprocessor speed? [Select all that apply.]

A program takes 100 seconds to execute on a single processor. If 70% of the program can be parallelized, what is the minimum execution time achievable using an infinite number of processors, according to Amdahl’s Law?     

Suppose you planned to go for a run but woke up feeling tired and decided to not exercise. Feeling soreness represents which aspect of the A-B-C model?