Traumatic Brain Injury Flashcards
is concussion considered a TBI?
Yes a mild TBI
What is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) ?
A physical injury to brain tissue that temporarily or permanently impairs brain function
TBI - causes
- Direct blow or penetrating object
- Indirect forces ex: inertia during a motor vehicle accident
TBI - penetrating head injury %
25% of TBI
TBI - closed head injury %
75% of TBI
TBI - what are classifications based on
- Severity
- mechanism of injury
TBI - Classification of severity (3)
- Mild
- Moderate
- Severe
TBI - Classification of mechanism of injury
- closed head injury
- penetrating head injury
TBI - aspects affected (5)
- Physical capability
- Cognitive ability
- Emotional state
- Social interactions
- Behavior
TBI - increase risks of (3)
- Epilepsy
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Parkinson’s disease
TBI - can the side of brain lesion predict type of impairments and disability?
Yes
TBI - People U-35
- Leading cause of death and disability for people U-35
TBI - Incidence % men vs women and why
- 21 % women, 79% men
- Men higher bc young male takes more risk
TBI - Number of case
- 65 000 new cases / years in CAN
- 20% die
- 10 to 20 % survive w/ severe impairments
- Others learn to live with impairments
Incidence of TBI diagram - 3 things to look at
age group, overall reason and other
Incidence of TBI diagram - age group with highest rate
- 15-24 yo
Incidence of TBI diagram - reasons of TBI
- 28% motor vehicle
- 20% sports
- 9% assault
- rest other
Incidence of TBI diagram - age group with highest rate associated to sport
- less than 15 yo
- 15 to 24 yo
Incidence of TBI diagram - highest risk with people older than 64 yo
Falling
Types of TBI
- Penetrating head injury
- Closed head injury
- focal
- diffuse
Types of TBI - penetrating head injury
Injury where brain tissue is damage by an object that has pierced the skull and dura mater
Types of TBI - Closed head injury
Injury in which the skull and dura mater are not breached