Exam 2 Part 7

Question 1

Devices that help with external memory including smartphones and computers

Answer 1

High-tech devices

Question 2

What is the ultimate goal of treating patients who have had a TBI?

Answer 2

Being able to live independently

Question 3

What is an example of a goal for a patient who has had a TBI and has attentional issues?

Answer 3

Mindy will verbally respond with 55% accuracy to oral/written questions regarding legal documents in a structured setting

Question 4

A change in something that is for the better

Answer 4

Augment

Question 5

Define Comatose

Answer 5

Person is unconscious for hours or more, does NOT react to sensory stimuli

Question 6

Define vegetative state

Answer 6

Person minimally reacts to sensory stimuli, person is lacking consciousness and cognition

Question 7

Define minimally conscious state

Answer 7

Person displays inconsistent but definite behavioral signs of consciousness

Question 8

Define persistent vegetative state

Answer 8

Vegetative state continues longer than four weeks

Question 9

Define chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Answer 9

Results from head injuries that can change a person’s personality or cognition

Question 10

Define indirect therapy

Answer 10

Strategies that focus on modifying or manipulating the physical or communicative environment