Neuropsychological assessment

Question 1

What is a traumatic brain injury

Answer 1

It’s caused by trauma to the head and can lead to brain injury

Question 2

What are the two types of brain injury

Answer 2

Penetrating and closed

Question 3

What is a closed brain injury

Answer 3

It’s a brain injury that occurs to the brain and not the skull

Question 4

What is a penetrating brain

Injury

Answer 4

Means something has breached the dura mater

Question 5

What is a focal lesion and how is it caused

Answer 5

It’s occurs as a result of a penetrating injury and it’s associated with shock waves and pressure effecfs

Question 6

What other negative effects are associated With PHi

Answer 6

Ischema- partial occlusion of artery (blockage)
Oedema
Hemotoma

Question 7

What are coup and countercoup injuries

Answer 7

Coup injuries occur during impact the brain undergoes linear and deceleration forces

Countercoup they are produced by tensile forces these forces disrupt neurons axons and other brain structures at the back of the brain

Question 8

Name the test that is used to assess consciousness after a head injury

Answer 8

Glasgow come scale

Question 9

What is the Glasgow coma scale.

Answer 9

It’s a neurological scale which gives a reliable and objective way of recording the conciousnstae of a person for initial and subsequent assessment

Question 10

What are 3 behaviours measured using the scale

Answer 10

Eye opening

Verbal and motor response

Question 11

How does the Glasgow scale work

Answer 11

A person is assessed against 3 criteria and the person is give a score between 3 and 15

Question 12

What do the scores on the Glasgow scale represent

Answer 12

3 deep consciousness
8-9 moderate
13 and above minor

Question 13

What are cerebral construisons and what injuries are associated with them

Answer 13

They are brain injuries were the brain is bruised

Coup and counter coup

Question 14

What is post traumatic ammenisa

Answer 14

It occurs after TBi it’s the transient stage between a loss of consciousness and return to full consciousness

Question 15

What is the relationship Bayern post traumatic amnesia and GCS

Answer 15

They correlate well as they both give a good indication of severity of the brain injury

Question 16

Name the order of the PTA duration

Answer 16

Mild 5-60mins
1-24 hours moderate 
1-7 days severe 
1-4 weeks very severe 
4 weeks extremely severe

Question 17

What are vascular disorders

Answer 17

When blood flow is retstricted or stopped in

Question 18

Give examples of vascular disorders

Answer 18

Stroke
Cerebrovasscular accident 
Ischemia 
Haemorrhage 
Anauerysm

Question 19

Define ischémia, aneurysm,haemorrhage and

Answer 19

Ischemia is a blockage of an artery(cerebral arteriosclerosis is persistent ischemia

Anuerysum is a bulged blood vessel that has expanded and bursts

Haemorrhage sudden rise in BP caused by blood vessels breaking

Question 20

Define dementia and cortical atrophy

Answer 20

Dementia is cognitive de Céline associated with progressive brain disease

Cortical atrophy is shrinking of the brain

Question 21

How is neuroradiology useful in diagnostic imaging

Answer 21

CT and mri scams can help in locating the size of lesion are they can be evaluated

Question 22

Give two examples of psychological assessment

Answer 22

Ravens progressive matrices 1936

Wecgsler adult intelligence