14. Traumatic Brain Injury

Question 1

Ranchos Los Amigos of Cognitive Functioning:

purposeful appropriate

Answer 1

Stage 8

Question 2

Ranchos Los Amigos of Cognitive Functioning:
Confused inappropriate, nonagitated, not orientated, brief periods of sustained attention, able to follow simple commands consistently unable to learn new information.

Answer 2

Stage 5

Question 3

Ranchos Los Amigos of Cognitive Functioning:

Stages ____ are really levels of vegetative state, so the descriptive of those stages are physical and cognitive

Answer 3

1-3

Question 4

Ranchos Los Amigos of Cognitive Functioning:

No Response

Answer 4

Stage 1

Question 5

Ranchos Los Amigos of Cognitive Functioning:

localized response—specific response to stimuli

Answer 5

Stage 3

Question 6

Ranchos Los Amigos of Cognitive Functioning:

In theory a patient could have a very low level of physical ability but still meet the criteria for stages ______.

Answer 6

6-8

Question 7

Ranchos Los Amigos of Cognitive Functioning:

Automatic, appropriate, decreased-carry over, requires support.

Answer 7

Stage 7

Question 8

Ranchos Los Amigos of Cognitive Functioning:

generalized response—inconsistent and non-purposeful
response to stimuli

Answer 8

Stage 2

Question 9

Ranchos Los Amigos of Cognitive Functioning:
Stages __and ___ are defined in a way that the patient needs to
have physical function in order to behave in a way that is
described.

Answer 9

4;5

Question 10

Ranchos Los Amigos of Cognitive Functioning:

Confused agitated—short attention span, may be
aggressive, may be able to perform functional tasks but not
to command

Answer 10

Stage 4

Question 11

Ranchos Los Amigos of Cognitive Functioning:

Confused, appropriate–consistently follows simple directions, able to learn.

Answer 11

Stage 6