Stroke - For Nurses & Student Nurses!

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As promised here are the links to the websites I mentioned in the video:
The NIH Stroke Scale:
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/doctors/NIH_Stroke_Scale.pdf
NCLEX Practice Questions

http://amy47.com/nclex-style-practice-questions/neuro-icp-loc-meningitis/cva-stroke/

http://www.freezingblue.com/iphone/flashcards/printPreview.cgi?cardsetID=19701

http://www.studyguidezone.com/nclexrn_practice4.htm

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A Stroke a sudden impairment of the brains blood circulation in one or more blood vessels. A stroke impairs or decreases oxygen supply and can cause serious permanent damage or necrosis to the brain cells and tissue.

There are 2 different types of strokes: Ischemic and Hemorrhagic.
Ischemic - is caused from a reduction in blood flow.
and Hemorrhagic is caused from - blood vessels in your brain leaking or rupturing.
There are a few different things that can cause a stroke:

A thrombosis or thrombotic stroke -these are medical terms for a blood clots - the way this happens is that it occludes blood flow to the brain (the word occlude is a medical term for block) so when we say the vessel was occluded by a blood clot, this means that a blood clot was blocking the normal flow of blood. A clot may be caused by fatty deposits (plaque) that build up in arteries and cause reduced blood flow.

Another cause of a stroke could be from an Embolism: an embolism is an object that is created in one part of the body - but then travels and causes a blockage in another part of the body. For example, a blood clot can be formed in the atrium of the heart from atrial fibrillation - but then part of it becomes dislodged, circulates throughout the body, and then blocks blood flowing through a vessel in another part of the body - when this happens in the brain it is called a stroke.

The last type of stroke is called a Hemorrhagic stroke ( hemorrhagic is a medical term for bleeding - but we usually use this word when there is a lot of bleeding or when the bleeding is in a critical area, such as the brain)

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