CBIS Exam 2024 100% Correctly Solved

* Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 3-8 -Answer Severe TBI; normal or abnormal structural imaging. LOC over 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia over 7 days * Glasgow Coma Scale 9-12 -Answer Moderate TBI; LOC over 30 minutes but less than 24 hours; alteration of consciousness over 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia more than 1 day but less than 7 days * Glasgow Coma Scale 13-15 -Answer Mild TBI; normal imaging; LOC 0-30 minutes, alteration of consciousness up to 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia up to 1 day * 3 parts of neuron -Answer Cell body Axon Dendrites * 2.5 million TBIs -Answer 53,000 deaths (2%) 284,000 hospitalizations (11%) 2,214,000 ED visits (87%) * Coup-contrecoup -Answer When the brain accelerates in one directions, it rebounds in the opposite direction * Acquired Brain Injury -Answer An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative or induced by birth trauma * Traumatic Brain Injury -Answer An alteration of brain function or other evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force * Incidence -Answer Rate or range of occurrence * Prevalence -Answer Number of people with a given condition at a specific point in time * What determines the effects of brain injury? -Answer Injury severity Age at injury Alcohol misuse Domestic violence Service in military Participation in sports * Concussion -Answer Mild TBI caused by bump, blow or jolt to head that can change the way the brain works (or a fall) Can occur in any sport or recreation activity Memory loss May or may not lose consciousness