1. MR260 MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION II Week 7 Chapter 14 Neurology Instructor: Kathleen A. Bishop, MS, PHD

2. 3 Breaths This is a stress relaxation exercise that can be done anywhere anytime, with your eyes open or closed! Step 1 –Get relaxed/comfortable in your chair Step 2 –Take a slow breath through your nose, exhale slowly out your mouth Step 3 –Do this two more times Step 4 –If that is not enough do a few more breaths this way. Step 5 –Think about how you feel now in mind and body and how and when you can use this technique.

3. Left Brain/ Right Brain Left Brain/Right Brain Test

4. Anatomy Define the words below: –Neuron –Dendrite –Axon –Afferent process –Synapse –Myelin –Myelin sheath –White matter –Gray matter

5. Answer Key See pages 402-404, 408 and 415, 416, 418, for this review and pictures.

6. Common Diseases Name the diseases that are reviewed in the textbook along with one treatment associated with each disease.

7. Answer Key See pages 409-416 in the textbook for possible treatments. Congenital Hydrocephalus Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Guillain-Barre Syndrome Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig Disease)

8. Answer Key Cont. Parkinsonism (Parkinson Disease, Paralysis Agitans) Encephalitis Meningitis West Nile Virus Disease Migraine Headache Epilepsy Bell Palsy Transient Ischemic Attach (TIA)

9. Answer Key Cont. Stroke (Brain Attack, Cerebrovascular Accident, CVA) Polyneuritis Head Injuries Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)

10. Diagnostic & Surgical Procedures Create a list of the diagnostic and surgical procedures and chose one of them to define that you had NOT heard of before.

11. Answer Key See pages 416-417 for descriptions. Angiography Brain scan Craniotomy Craniectomy Electroencephalography (EEG) Electrophysiologic studies Finger-to-nose test

12. Answer Key Cont. Heel-to-shin test Hot and cold testing Imaging studies Light touch test Lumbar puncture (LP) Myelography Pain test Proprioception test Rapidly alternating movements test

13. Answer Key Cont. Romberg test Spinal tap Stereognosis test Surgical drainage of an abscess Tandem walking test Two-pint discrimination test Vibratory sense test

14. Easy IQ Test Are you a logical thinker?

15. Pharmacology List the types of medications associated with this specialty and chose one of them to list the medications that you will hear when transcribing the reports. List both the pharmaceutical name and the trade name, if there is one.

16. Answer Key See pages 418-419. Epilepsy drugs Parkinson disease drugs Insomnia drugs

17. Transcription Tips Chose one tip that you think will help you the most when transcribing these reports. Tell us why and how it will help.

18. Reports List the types of reports (as shown in the Sample Reports section of the chapter) that you may be transcribing if you work in this specialty.

19. Answer Key Pages 426-427 Chart Note Operative report

20. Your Favorite Blooper! Share your favorite Blooper from the list with the class! If you have a Neurological Blooper of your own share that instead!

21. Book of Style For Medical Transcription Chapter 18.2 (pgs. 390-399) Neurology

22. Cranial Nerves Give an example of how to transcribe the cranial nerves. What type of numbers do we use Arabic or Roman numerals? What is the rule for designating cranial nerves? Give an example

23. Answer Key See pages 390-91 in your BOS for the examples and rules.

24. Disk/disc What is the rule for the use of these two spellings of this word? How should they be punctuated?

25. Answer Key The rules and examples are on page 393 of the BOS

26. EEGs What are the rules for transcribing electrodes? What does the “Trend note” say about the above rules?

27. Answer Key See Answers on page 393 and 394 BOS.

28. Classification Systems What is the Glasgow coma scale? How do you score it? How do you score the Harvard criteria for brain death? What is the Rancho Los Amigos cognitive function scale and how do you score it?

29. Answer Key See BOS pages 398 and 399 for the classification systems and the answers to the previous questions.

30. Thanks for being here! Good night everyone! Have a great evening and I look forward to seeing you again next week, same time—same place! Dr. B’s trip to Nashville, all bundled up like a true Floridian!