When Assessing a Patient with a Suspected Stroke, the Order

question 4

Multiple Choice

When assessing a patient with a suspected stroke, the order of the exam would be:

• A) primary assessment, facial droop, arm drift.
• B) level of consciousness, facial droop, arm drift, airway.
• C) abnormal speech, facial droop, arm drift, primary assessment.
• D) secondary assessment, primary assessment, stroke exam.

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Definitions:

Critical Value

A threshold value in hypothesis testing used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis, based on the observed statistic and the chosen significance level.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect and serves as a default position until evidence suggests otherwise.

P-Value

The probability of observing results as extreme as those obtained during a statistical hypothesis test, assuming the null hypothesis is true.

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in hypothesis testing that indicates no effect or no difference, and it's the assumption that the experiment aims to test against.