You are assessing the pupils of a patient who hit his head after falling from the top of a tractor trailer. Which pupillary finding suggests a closed head injury?

A) The right pupil constricts when light is shined into the left pupil
B) Both pupils dilate when light is shielded from the eyes
C) Both the left and right pupils constrict vigorously in response to light
D) The left pupil constricts to light but the right pupil does not


D) The left pupil constricts to light but the right pupil does not

Health Professions

You might also like to view...

If 50 grams of active ingredient is diluted to 1 L, what is the % strength (w/v)?

A) 6% B) 4% C) 5% D) 7%

Health Professions

The patient who had a stroke went to a rehab facility for several weeks. As part of the rehab process, her husband, who would be her primary caregiver upon discharge, worked with the staff and received training to provide his wife with bathing and showering assistance. How is this coded?

a. F0FZ4ZZ b. F0FZ0EZ c. F0FZ0ZZ d F0FZ0UZ

Health Professions

A patient's anemia is described as having erythrocytes that demonstrate poikilocytosis. The nurse would recognize the erythrocytes would be:

a. pale in color. b. present in various sizes. c. able to assume various shapes. d. live only a few days.

Health Professions

An integrated information and communication system for public health; promotes information driven-decisions and provides the public with access to specific and detailed information from the CDC

What will be an ideal response?

Health Professions