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CBIS Exam Prep PDF is a comprehensive study resource designed to help healthcare professionals prepare for the Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS) examination. This review material focuses on essential concepts related to brain injury assessment, rehabilitation, treatment strategies, and patient care. This exam preparation resource covers key brain injury topics including traumatic brain injury (TBI), neurological assessment, cognitive and behavioral changes, rehabilitation principles, patient support, and interdisciplinary care.

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lost productivity - ✔✔one measure of the cost to society due to injury or disease;

includes the loss of wages a person would have earned if they had not become

unemployable due to disability, loss of taxes contributing to economy, costs to

the government of supporting the individual, etc.; lost productivity costs DO NOT

include cost of treatment and support post-injury or illness




acquired brain injury (ABI) - ✔✔An injury to the brain that is not hereditary,

congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma




traumatic brain injury (TBI) - ✔✔an alteration in brain function, or other evidence

of brain pathology, caused by an external force




traumatic impact - ✔✔injuries resulting from contact (when head is struck by or

against an object)

,traumatic intertial injuries - ✔✔injury to the brain not caused by impact but as a

result of inertial forces, such as acceleration-deceleration forces




closed injuries - ✔✔injury to the brain resulting in brain lacerations, contusions or

intracerebral hemorrhage




open injuries - ✔✔injury to the head in which there is a breach of the skull or a

breach of the meninges




penetrating brain injury - ✔✔any injury that involves the penetration of a foreign

object, munitions, fragment, bone chip, etc. through the dura mater




non-traumatic brain injury - ✔✔damage to the brain caused by internal factors,

such as oxygen or nutrient deprivation to brain cells, exposure to toxins, pressure

from a tumor or blockage, or other neurological disorder

,coup-contrecoup injury - ✔✔Coup injury: head injury that results from impact of

a moving object--occurs at the site of impact




Contrecoup effect: impact injury resulting from the moving head striking a

stationary object--injury occurs at the side of the head opposite the point of

impact




primary injury - ✔✔initial cause of damage to the brain, from which injury

severity ratings are obtained




secondary injury - ✔✔pathophysiological events that occur following the initial

primary injury to the brain




loss of consciousness (LOC) - ✔✔temporary altered state, unlike sleep, when a

person is unresponsive to stimuli; usually due to trauma, stroke, or other injury

, risk factors for brain injury - ✔✔injury severity


age at injury


alcohol misuse


domestic violence


service in the military


participation in sports


history of prior brain injury




chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) - ✔✔a condition, diagnosed after death,

relative to multiple concussions caused by significant force. A progressive

degenerative disease, CTE is most often sustained by athletes participating in

contact sports; may also be observed in domestic violence victims or abused

children who have sustained numerous blows to the head

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