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Aware (consciousness)
When a person is responsive to prompts and is conscious of the environment around them.
Alternative termsAlertConvelescing
Resting in order to get better after an illness or injury.
Alternative termsRecoveringDelirium
A state of mental confusion that starts suddenly and is caused by a physical condition of some sort.
Deterioration
The fact or process of becoming worse.
Extrapyramidal symptoms
A variety of movement disorders such as tardive dyskinesia, akathisia, or bradykinesia, suffered as a result of taking dopamine antagonists, usually antipsychotic (neuroleptic) drugs, which are often used to control psychosis, especially schizophrenia.
Improvement
The process of making something better or of getting better.
Informed
A process in which people are given important information, including possible risks and benefits, about for example, a medical procedure or treatment.
Mobile
The degree to which a person is capable of moving about their environment.
Alternative termsPhysically mobilePhysically well
Where a person can perform tasks without any physical discomfort.
Pupils equal and reacting to light (PEARL)
An assessment of a person's pupillary reaction in relation to head injuries or brain function.
Sick
Physically or mentally ill; not well or healthy.
Symptomatic
Showing symptoms of a particular disease.