Neuro Final TBI Flashcards
Most common cause of TBI
Falls
What are the 4 main impairments of TBI
Cognitive
Motor sensory
Behavioral
Emotional
Worse outcome on Glasgow coma scale are from what?
Motor and eyes opening
Two major types of TBI
Open
Closed
Damage to the back of head can lead to what?
Blindness
Contusion is bruising where?
On the brain
What is the most common type of TBI
Concussion
What is an epidural type hemorrhage
Blood fills between dura and skull
Rapid deterioration
Immediate surgery needed
What is a subdural type hemorrhage?
Blood fills beneath the dura
May reabsorb or require surgery
Subdural space has VEINS
Epidural space has arteries or veins
ARTERIES
Veins are in subdural
What are symptoms of Increased intracranial pressure?
Decreased responsiveness
Impaired consciousness
Severe HA
Vomiting
Irritable
Papilledema
Change in vitals
What is anoxia
Lack of oxygen to the brain
Typically from cardiac arrest
Hippocampus (memory)
Cerebellum movement
Basal ganglia movement
ARE ALL SUPER SENSITIVE TO LACK OF OXYGEN
Decorticate rigidity looks like:
Upper extremity flexion
Lower extremity extension
Flexor! Arms like C’s : holding flowers
Decerebrate looks like what:
Extensor tone
Upper extremity internally rotated, adducted, extended with flexed wrists and fingers
Lower extremity in extension
Arms like E’s
Problems with midbrain and pons
Can reflexes reemerge and inhibit patient ability to initiate active movement?
Yes
Labrinthe, STNR, ATNR, flexor withdrawal
