For the Stroke Patient to Be Eligible for a Fibrinolytic

question 63

Multiple Choice

For the stroke patient to be eligible for a fibrinolytic, it must be given within:

• A) 3 hours of EMS arrival at the scene.
• B) 6 hours after arrival at the emergency department.
• C) 3 hours of the onset of stroke symptoms.
• D) 24 hours of the first signs and symptoms started.

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Definitions:

Z-Score

Scores for the standard normal distribution measured in standard deviation units.

Standard Normal Distribution

The standard normal distribution is a special case of the normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of one, used in z-tests.

Mean

To determine the arithmetic average, one sums up every number in the collection and divides by the number of elements in the collection.

Standard Deviation

An indicator that measures how much a set of data points spread out or diverge.