Exam 3 TBI Flashcards
Cultural sensitivity (5 details on it)
- ~Check your baggage at the door
- ~Leave religious beliefs at the door
- ~They have the right to not believe in a type of treatment
- ~If you work at a hospital that is faith based, you can talk about faith
- Is ok to ask if there is anything that will offend them
- ~If its unsafe, then you can tell them not to do something
CTE- stands for
chronic traumatic encephalopathy
chronic traumatic encephalopathy:
what is it?
how old is it?
pathophysiology?
How long does it take?
What symptoms? (7)
- ~progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in athletes (and others) with a history of repetitive brain trauma, including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head
- ~has been known to affect boxers since the 1920s
- ~recent reports have been published of neuropathologically confirmed CTE in retired professional football players and other athletes who have a history of repetitive brain trauma
- ~trauma triggers progressive degeneration of the brain tissue, including the build-up of an abnormal protein called tau
- ~these changes in the brain can begin months, years, or even decades after the last brain trauma or end of active athletic involvement
- ~brain degeneration is associated with
- memory loss,
- confusion,
- impaired judgment,
- impulse control problems,
- aggression,
- depression, and,
- eventually, progressive dementia
4 Different types of TBI
- ~traumatic
- ~atraumatic
- ~acquired brain injuries
- ~secondary injuries
Traumatic (2 types)
A trauma to the body (duh)
- ~open
- ~closed
Traumatic- closed (3 types)
- ~Coup-contra coup- injury-the inside of the skull is very sharp
- ~what direction was the force, etc (twisting, head down, head up)
- ~hard to figure out where the injury is
- DAI (Diffuse Axonal Injury)
- shear
- all the microscopic injuries that could happen
- on a scan everything might look fine, but the person still has deficits (can be emotional)
- A lot of times emotions are not something that PT can train (but psych therapy might be able to help)
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
Traumatic- open (3 things to know)
- ~the head has to open
- ~you know where the injury is
- ~you can have a contra-coup as well
What is something you particularly need to look out for when you have an open traumatic injury?
INFECTION!- secondary problems from the cranial vault being opened up
DAI (stand for)
diffused axonal injury
Traumatic- Closed, DAI (four things, and some possible examples)
- ~lots of micro trauma
- ~has little deficits
- ~everything else looks fine, but they have a few little problems/ some changes
- ~emotions are usually involved- changed
- Possible Examples
- **Shaken baby (closed, acquired, anoxic)
Non traumatic (2 main types)
- ~Infection
- ~Anoxic
Non traumatic- some examples (3)
- Drowning,
- CO poisoning victim,
- strangulation
cancer?, stroke?
Non traumatic- anoxic (3 details)
- ~loss of oxygen
- ~pediatrics can happen a lot in peds
- ~affects every single cell in your brain- every cell is starting to die
Acquired brain injury
common in whom?
two examples
- ~a lot of peds
- ~When you have it at birth/ during the birthing process
- ~If you have the umbilical cord stuck on neck when coming out of the womb (deprived of O2)
Secondary injuries (4)
- ~Inflammation/ swelling
- ~Need to watch closely for the 1st 24 hours to see if there are any changed in mental status
- ~Uncal Herniation, herniation through the hole (you will keep the craniotomy open if there is increased pressure)~
- **don’t walk them without the helmet
- Lack of Oxygen because of tearing of tissues from original tissue
- ~Infection
- ~Cell mediators that can kill some brain tissues
- Hydrocephalus
- the original injury may occlude the sinuses that usually drain CSF
- One of the things that might show up in first 24 hours
~*when in doubt, go to the doctor
Secondary injuries- inflammation/ swelling details (3)
- ~can make the injury worse
- ~can create the bleed that was not there at first
- ~may have to do a craniotomy to prevent uncal herniation
- do not walk them without thier helmet
What are the three severities of TBI?
- ~mild
- ~moderate/ severe
- mod and severe mainly different because of length of time with loss of consciousness [LOC]
Differentiation- Mild defining
~Concussion/ LOC- less than 30 minutes
Mild TBI is also called:
Post-Concussive Syndrome
Mild TBI: details (3)
- ~Over looked a lot- in sports/military a lot
- ~Can last longer, but these problems are most prominent the next day
- ~15% of these people will still have these symptoms in upwards of a year
4.
TBI: Mild- Post-concussive symptom (15)
*the long term symptoms*
*A lot of the military comes home with these*
- ~Fatigue
- ~HA
- ~coup-contracoup
- ~balance
- ~vision
- ~attention
- ~sleep problems (all the time or they don’t need to sleep)
- ~irritability
- ~depression
- ~seizures (can last)
- ~nausea
- ~vomiting
- ~olfactory N- loss or sense of smell (decrease in appetite)
- ~slowness in thinking
- ~get lost
Moderate TBI - defining
Concussion/ LOC- great than 30 to 6 hours
TBI Severe- defining
Concussion/ LOC greater than 6 hours
TBI Moderate/ Severe- cognitive s/s (10)
**A lot more cognitive problems
- ~attention
- ~concentration
- ~memory
- ~distractibility
- ~processing speed
- ~confusion
- ~perseveration
- ~impulsiveness
- ~language processing
- ~executive functions
These are in addition to mild symptoms
TBI Moderate/ Severe- Speech and language s/s (4)
- ~Broca’s and Wernicke’s aphasia (and other aphasias)
- ~inability to form words
- ~speak fast/ slow
- ~foreign accent syndrome (change how you pronounce things)
TBI Moderate/ Severe- Sensitivity s/s
Light touch/ pain/ etc can be gone
TBI Moderate/ Severe- Vision s/s (7)
- ~complete
- ~partial loss
- ~diplopia from weakness of muscles
- ~blurred vision
- ~depth perception
- ~nystagmus
- ~photophobia (light sensitivity)
TBI Moderate/ Severe- Hearing s/s (4)
- ~complete loss or
- decrease or
- increase
- ~tinnitus (ringing in the ear)
TBI Moderate/ Severe- Smell s/s (2)
loss or diminished
TBI Moderate/ Severe- taste s/s (2)
loss or diminished
TBI Moderate/ Severe- autonomic s/s (4)
- ~temp issues
- ~B/B issues
- ~menstrual cycles
- ~seizures
Moderate/ Severe- Physical changes s/s (4)
- ~weakness
- ~flaccidly
- ~tone
- ~chronic P