Chapter 9 Part 2 Flashcards
Glasgow scale of 13 or greater = ________
possible minor brain injury
Glasgow scale of 9-12 = _______
Moderate brain injury
Glasgow scale of less than 9 = ________
Severe brain injury
Glasgow scale of less than 8 = ________
Coma
8 level scale that tracks a person’s emergence from a coma; higher number is better
Rancho levels of cognitive functioning
Clients do not have purposeful responses to stimuli, reflexes are present, no sleep/wake cycle, and severely depressed EEG patterns
Coma
What is the earliest/greatest effect when someone has dementia?
Extended consciousness, loss of autobiographical self
What are the latter effects when someone has dementia?
Core consciousness
Both core consciousness and extended consciousness are preserved in _______
Aphasia
Both core consciousness and extended consciousness are impaired during ________
During an epileptic episode
Measures electrical activity in auditory pathway as sound is introduced—no behavioral requirements
Auditory brainstem response
Systematic application of stimulation to a person’s five senses (Vision, smell, hearing, touch, taste)
Coma stimulation
What is the purpose of a coma stimulation?
Speed emergence from a coma
The mind and brain are one physical substance
Monism
The mind is one substance (immaterial) and the brain is another substance (material)
Dualism
A person is defined be his or her abilities/disabilities; compatible with monist views of human constitution
Physicalist view
A person is defined by a mysterious, immaterial spirit, soul, or essence; compatible with dualistic views of human constitution
Internal essence view
Aphasia is a disorder of ____ not _____
Language not consciousness
____ and ____ challenge monism/physical views
Out of body experiences (OBEs), and near death experiences (NDEs)
