Your Patient Is Undergoing a Neurological Assessment After Experiencing Head

question 69

Multiple Choice

Your patient is undergoing a neurological assessment after experiencing head trauma during a vehicular accident.You would assess for doll's eyes phenomenon by holding the patient's eyelids open and assessing the movement of his eyes after

• A) rotating his head from the center to one side and then to the opposite side.
• B) turning him onto one side and then to the opposite side.
• C) raising the head of the bed and then lowering it until it is level.
• D) light stimulus followed by painful stimulus.

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