Q4

Question 1

What are the structures within the Peripheral Nervous System?

Answer 1

Spinal nerves
Cranial nerves
Autonomic nervous system

Question 2

What are the three protective structures?

Answer 2

Meninges
Skull
Vertebral column

Question 3

Head Injury is any trauma to the …?

Answer 3

Skull, Scalp, Brain

Question 4

What is a concussion?

Answer 4

Sudden transient mechanical head injury with disruption of neural activity and change in LOC

Question 5

Epidural hematoma

Answer 5

Results from bleeding between dura and inner surface of skull

Question 6

Why is epidural hematoma a neurological emergency?

Answer 6

Because epidural hematoma, subdural hematoma, and subarachnoid hematoma can collect blood and compress

Question 7

Acute subdural hematoma

Answer 7

Signs within 48 hours of the injury
Patient appears drowsy, confused, unconscious

Question 8

Subacute subdural

Answer 8

2-14 days of injury
can be enlarged overtime

Question 9

Chronic subdural hematoma

Answer 9

Weeks or months after seemingly minor head injury
Peak in 50s, 60s

Question 10

Intraparenchymal hematoma

Answer 10

Bleeding within brain tissue
Occurs within frontal and temporal lobes
Size and location of hematoma determine patient outcome

Question 11

Bacterial Meningitis

Answer 11

Inflammation in meningeal tissue

Question 12

Acute Bacterial Meningitis

Answer 12

Arachnoid mater and cerebrospinal infection

Question 13

Is bacterial meningitis a medical emergency?

Answer 13

Yes, if it is left untreated, mortality rate is near 100%