Midterm

I way overstudied for the test today. And by overstudied, I mean that I was anticipating questions like: If a patient has a blood pressure of 142/80 and an intercranial pressure of 18, what is the cerebral perfusion pressure and does this indicate that their brain is adequately perfused? At this point, is the brain still capable of autoregulation?

And an actual question was: a patient has increased intercranial pressure. What should you check? Answer: level of consciousness. Duh.

According to one of my classmates, we'll be able to pass all of our tests if we remember three things:
1. Don't think too much
2. Raise the head of the bed
3. Tell the patient to tuck their chin when they swallow.