Ohm’s Law
The family expressed concern that grandpa’s memory problems had become too severe to ignore any longer. The distinguished-looking octogenarian sat quietly glancing around the exam room.
Standardized mental status testing—Trump’s famous person, woman, man, camera, TV—may prove misleading in formerly high-functioning patients. Better to personalize the questions.
“What did he do for a living?”
“Electrical engineer, spent decades as a professor of electrical engineering.”
“Mr. Armstrong, please tell me what Ohm’s Law is?”
Ohm’s Law, a concept from first semester, drew only a blank look from this man with a PhD.
The electrochemical circuits in his brain fried, he loo
