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You are transporting a male patient with the complaint of expressive aphasia and right upper extremity paralysis to the hospital. When calling the hospital, which of the following pieces of information is it most critical to convey?

A series of two or more generalized motor seizures without an intervening period of consciousness is known as:  _______

The ________ of the eye controls the size of the pupil.   _______

A patient tells you that she experienced an episode of involuntary “shaking” in her arm. She describes a 1- to 2-minute-long episode of muscular jerking and contracting of her entire left arm. She retained consciousness, lacked an aura, and had no pain associated with the episode. This most indicates a(n) ________ seizure.

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the hypothalamus and the endocrine system?

With occlusion of the SMA or IMA vascular structures, what gastrointestinal emergency may occur?

What is needed for cells to synthesize macromolecules?

The dorsal roots of the spinal cord contain afferent fibers that transmit impulses from ________ to ________.

Your patient is a 76-year-old female who was initially lethargic but responded to verbal stimuli. According to family members, the patient experienced a sudden decrease in responsiveness. She had a left-sided facial droop, aphasia, a dilated and nonreactive right pupil, and a flaccid left arm. Lung sounds are decreased bilaterally. HR = 58, BP = 172/102, RR = 6 and shallow, SaO2 = 88%. As you start to treat her, the patient has a generalized seizure lasting about 30 seconds. She is now unresponsive. Which of the following is most appropriate?

Murphy’s sign is: