If a cervical spinal cord injury were suspected, the best way to open the patient’s airway would be to:

A man is brought to the ED by ambulance after hitting his head when he dove into a 4′ deep swimming pool. Which procedure would hold the highest priority after the patient’s level of consciousness and vital signs have been checked?

When assessing the patient’s motor function, the nurse determines spinothalamic tract function by:

Which symptom is least likely to be exhibited by a patient who sustains a cerebral concussion?

The nurse understands that raccoon’s eyes usually indicate:

The nurse typically begins to assess level of consciousness by using:

A patient admitted to the ED after a motor vehicle accident is found to have a basal skull fracture with middle meningeal artery damage. The nurse would expect a patient who sustained damage to the middle meningeal artery to develop:

Which physiologic event precipitates most neurologic emergencies?

Which condition would the nurse expect to note in a patient who has sustained a head injury and damage to the sixth cranial nerve?

A man is brought to the ED by emergency medical service after involvement in a motor vehicle accident. He is suspected of having a spinal cord injury. Spinal X-rays confirm a lesion at the C5 to C6 level. The nurse anticipates that the patient has: