CNS Trauma Review

Which of the following are possible causes for open injuries?

• Gun shot wounds to the head

• A blunt object penetrating the head

• The person being shaken intensely

• Someone is hit in the head by a bat

Which of the following are possible causes for closed injuries?

• Head is struck

• Gun shot to the head

• Head strikes an object

• Person is shaken violently

What are the two types of TBI?

• Minor injury

• Closed injury

• Severe injury

• Open injury

Which of these activities are at high risk for Traumatic Brain Injury?

• Studying in class

• Riding a bike with a helmet

• Chatting with friends

• Playing contact sports

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NGSS.HS-PS2-3

Depression and anxiety are common among individuals with TBIs, these disorders can relate to their-

(there is more than one answer)

• Lack of self-awareness

• Lose of skills

• Inability to live as they did before the injury

• Bad time management

How are TBIs rated (select all that apply)?

• Scales such as the Glasgow Coma Rating Scale (GCS)

• CT Scan

• MRI or fMRI scans

• PET and SPECT scan

• by the duration of a coma and amnesia

Treatment from TBI includes worrying about the following...

• maintaining the airway, stop bleeding, and watching pressure in the skull

• therapy and rehabilitation

• a plan of care for long-term management

• possibly recovering from a coma

Your patient is suffering from a TBI and has  nausea and vomiting and slurred speech. You understand this would be classified as a:

• Mild TBI
• Moderate to Severe TBI
• Unknown TBI
• Mild Concussion

Mild TBIs are also known as:

• concussions
• cerebral palsy
• spinal cord injuries
• quadriplegia

How long does TBI last?

• an entire lifetime

• a few hours

• it goes away fast

• just overnight