Trauma

Question 1

things falling on the ground

Answer 1

Crushing injuries

Question 1

usually cause focal damage to
a part of the brain

Answer 1

Penetrating injuries

Question 2

gunshot wounds

Answer 2

Missile injuries

Question 2

thrown in vehicular accidents, falls

Answer 2

Acceleration/deceleration

Question 2

hit a solid object

Answer 2

Deceleration

Question 2

brain inside the cranium is moving
through space

Answer 2

Acceleration

Question 3

Pathophysiological mechanisms that cause trauma

Answer 3

Brain contusion
Diffused axonal injury

Question 4

contusion is directly underneath the
area of trauma

Answer 4

coup lesion

Question 5

contusion is directly opposite to
the area of trauma

Answer 5

contre coup lesion

Question 6

clinical manifestations of diffused axonal injury

Answer 6

amnesia/memory loss
behavioral changes

Question 7

upon trauma, pt loses consciousness within or less than 24 hrs

Answer 7

contusion

Question 8

upon trauma, pt loses consciousness for more than 24 hrs

Answer 8

concussion

Question 9

Located in the epidural space and is associated with skull fractures

Answer 9

Acute Epidural Hematoma

Question 10

Presentation of acute epidural hematoma in CT scan

Answer 10

crescent shape hyper density blood clot

Question 11

Blood in the subdural space

Answer 11

Subdural hematoma

Question 12

What happens in an an acute subdural hematoma is

Answer 12

Many veins are involved in rapid filling up.

Question 13

What happens in an a chronic subdural hematoma is

Answer 13

small number of veins ruptured and slow filling up

Question 14

Clinical manifestations of subdural hematoma

Answer 14

Increasing headaches
Increased sleeping time
Paralysis
Possible changes in cognition

Question 15

brain contusion
that develop a bleed, may be found in multiple areas, and can occur anywhere

Answer 15

Intra parenchymal Hematoma

Question 16

prognosis for intra parenchymal hematoma

Answer 16

the more medial the bleed, the lesser the improvement
the more lateral the bleed, the better the prognosis is

Question 17

Conservative treatment for subdural and intra parenchymal hematoma

Answer 17

osmotic diuretics

Question 18

Signs of skull fractures

Answer 18

Raccoon eyes
Rhinorrhea
Battle sign

Question 19

upper lid has the hematoma

Answer 19

Raccoon eyes

Question 20

CSF coming out of the nose; tip test

Answer 20

Rhinorrhea