Traumatic Brain Injury Flashcards
This type of brain injury occurs when an object pierces the skull and enters brain tissue. Which term below best describes this type of injury? a. focal brain injury b. diffuse brain injury c. closed head injury d. penetrating head injury
Answer: Penetrating Head Injury
What type of brain injury listed below would not be considered an acquired brain injury? a. oxygen deprivation b. stroke or tumor c. skull fracture d. infectious disease
Answer: Skull Fracture
What type of brain injury listed below would not be considers an acceleration/deceleration injury? a. shaken baby syndrome b. stroke or tumor c. front impact car accident with head injury d. continually headers in soccer
Answer: Stroke or Tumor
When the brain recoils and strikes the opposite side of the skull from where the initial impact occurs this is called? a. a coup contrecoup injury b. a diffuse axonal injury c. a contusion d. a hematoma
Answer: A Coup Contrecoup Injury
What type of injury listed below would not be an example of an anoxic episode? a. near drowning b. strangulation c. smoke inhalation d. gun shot wound
Answer: Gun Shot
There are a combination of injuries possible because of head injury, which are dependent on the type of forces present. Which best describes specific damage associated with a head injury resulting from a rollover car accident (with acceleration/deceleration forces)? a. focal right temporal hematoma b. diffuse axonal injury c. cerebral contusions over bilateral frontal regions d. depressed skull fracture of the occipital bone
Answer: diffuse axonal injury
IDEA’s definition of TBI applies to brain injuries that are congenital or degenerative, or to brain injuries induced by birth trauma. True or False?
Answer: -False
According to IDEA, TBI, must be “acquired” after birth and cannot not be congenital.
TBI is the leading cause of death and serious disability in children age 9 through 18. True or false?
Answer: -True
Which age group of children is the most at-risk for head injury? a. 15-24 years b. 5-7 years c. 8-10 years d. 11-14 years
Answer: 15-24
Sports injuries and car accidents.
What is the name for swelling in the brain? a. diffuse axonal injury b. concussion c. edema d. shearing
Answer: edema
Results from stretching and shearing as the brain rapidly accelerates/decelerates within the skull. a. diffuse axonal injury b. concussion c. edema d. contusion
Answer: diffuse axonal injury
This type of hematoma is due to a blood accumulation between the dura mater and the inner skull. a. intracerebral hematoma b. subdural hematoma c. epidural hematoma d. ventricular hematoma
Answer: epidural hematoma
This types of hematoma is due to a collection of blood between the dura (the outer protective covering of the brain) and the arachnoid (the middle layer of the meninges). a. intracerebral hematoma b. subdural hematoma c. epidural hematoma d. ventricular hematoma
Answer: subdural hematoma
A condition is which the child is aware and awake, sometimes determined by neuroimaging, but cannot move or communicate due to complete paralysis of the body. a. coma b. stupor c. locked-in syndrome d. vegetative state
Answer: locked in syndrome
True or false? The vast majority of students with brain injuries returning to school have moderate injuries.
Answer: -false
If a child had a Glasgow Coma Scale of 9-12 what classification of TBI would be used to describe this child? a. no TBI b. mild TBI c. moderate TBI d. severe TBI
Answer: Moderate
True or false? About 50% of TBI patients develop post concussion syndrome.
Answer: -True
If a child had a Glasgow Coma Scale of 13-15 what classification of TBI would be used to describe this child? a. no TBI b. mild TBI c. moderate TBI d. severe TBI
Answer: mild
Angela is a 5 year old female who was riding with her older brother as he tried out his new four-wheeler. Both children wore helmets but at some point, he lost control. He and his sister careened into a parked car at the end of their block and Angela flew from behind her brother, over his head, and struck the windshield of the neighbor’s car. She was attended by emergency services professionals who noted a GCS of 11. What level of head trauma severity should be recorded in her medical records? a. Mild b. Moderate c. Intermediate d. Severe
Answer: Moderate
Reciprocal Scaffolding Treatment for aphasia following stroke relies on the assumption that which of these models allows for more natural language production? a. Drills and extensive confrontation in daily therapy b. Sequential cueing in a structured setting c. Hierarchical presentations of linked information d. Expert and apprentice positions in a naturalistic setting
Expert and apprentice positions in a naturalistic setting
Which level of consciousness is characterized by high arousal and minimal awareness? a. Coma b. Minimally conscious state c. Persistent vegetative state d. REM sleep
Minimally conscious state
When testing a child with a recent history of TBI, which of these is most likely to impact your testing session? a. Slowed processing speed and increased fatigue b. Inappropriate personal comments c. Decreased attention and motivation d. Poor interpersonal skills resulting in lack of rapport
Answer: Slowed processing speed and increased fatigue
