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    This document provides instructions for a 15 minute test on information from 4 texts about stroke patients. It includes 20 multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions that assess understanding of details about diagnosing and treating stroke, such as when to check a patient's glucose, criteria for brain scans, and rehabilitation guidance. Responses should be written on the question paper.

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    This document provides instructions for a 15 minute test on information from 4 texts about stroke patients. It includes 20 multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions that assess understanding of details about diagnosing and treating stroke, such as when to check a patient's glucose, criteria for brain scans, and rehabilitation guidance. Responses should be written on the question paper.

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    This document provides instructions for a 15 minute test on information from 4 texts about stroke patients. It includes 20 multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions that assess understanding of details about diagnosing and treating stroke, such as when to check a patient's glucose, criteria for brain scans, and rehabilitation guidance. Responses should be written on the question paper.

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    Stroke Patients - Reading

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    Syed Suleman Shah
    This document provides instructions for a 15 minute test on information from 4 texts about stroke patients. It includes 20 multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions that assess understanding of details about diagnosing and treating stroke, such as when to check a patient's glucose, criteria for brain scans, and rehabilitation guidance. Responses should be written on the question paper.

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    Part A

    TIME: 15 minutes
    • Look at the four texts, A-D, in the separate Text Booklet.
    • For each question, 1-20, look through the texts A-D, to find the relevant information.
    • Write your answers on the spaces provided in this Question Paper.
    • Answer all the questions in the 15-minute time limit.

    • Your answers should be correctly spelt.

    Stroke Patients: Questions

    Questions 1-7
    For each question, 1-7, decide which text (A, B, C or D) the information comes from. You may use any letter more than
    once.

    In which text can you find information about

    1. how soon after admission a patient's glucose should be checked?

    2. what needs to happen before a patient can be given food or drink?

    3. a test to be used by first responders?

    4. criteria for deciding whether a brain scan is needed?

    5. how soon after admission the patient should be seen by a therapist?

    6. when a patient should be referred to a neurologist?

    7. guidance to be given to those caring for stroke patients long-term?

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    Questions 8-14
    Answer each of the questions, 8-14, with a word or short phrase from one of the texts. Each answer may include
    words, numbers or both.

    8. What device can help prevent partial dislocation of certain joints?

    9. What form of training may help a patient with impaired balance?

    10. What should patients who may need fibrinolytic therapy not be given?

    11. How many points on the ABCD scale should you give a patient with slurred speech but no weakness?

    12. How many points on the ABCD scale should you give a patient whose symptoms have persisted for more than
    one hour?

    13. What should be administered if a patient has a GCS score of 11?

    14. What complication may an immobile patient be at risk of developing?

    Questions 15-20
    Complete each of the sentences, 15-20, with a word or short phrase from one of the texts. Each answer may include
    words, numbers or both.

    Patients who have had a stroke may...

    15. be unable to __________ what a health professional says to them accurately.

    16. have noticeable__________ to one side of the face.

    17. be unable to prevent one outstretched arm from__________

    18. be assessed twice on the __________ scale to ascertain if symptoms have diminished.

    19. benefit from exercises designed to make__________ stronger.

    20. present with a low level of __________ in the blood.

    END OF PART A
    THIS QUESTION PAPER WILL BE COLLECTED

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