Regarding a generalized tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizure, which statement is true regarding the different stages?

A) The aura comes before a loss of consciousness.
B) The patient is postictal prior to convulsion activity.
C) A loss of consciousness occurs after the clonic (convulsion) phase.
D) The patient becomes postictal just before the hypertonic phase.

A

Health Professions

You might also like to view...

A form of confusion that lasts longer than three months is ________

a. dementia b. acute confusion c. Alzheimer's disease d. chronic confusion

Health Professions

Kinetic energy is absorbed based on the density of the structure/organ involved. Which of the following lists places the organs in the order of their "threshold for injury"?

a. Full urinary bladder, femur, lung b. Femur, lung, kidneys c. Kidneys, lungs, femur d. Femur, kidneys, muscle

Health Professions