CBIS Test: chapter 1 Questions & Answers 2024

CBIS Test: chapter 1 Questions & Answers 2024 TBI - ANS-an insult to the brain, not of a degenerative or congenital nature, but caused by an external physical force Brain injury impacts - ANS-cognitive abilities and/or physical function, may cause disturbance of behavioral or emotional functioning, can be temporary or permanent Acquired brain injry - ANS-TBI, tumor, blood clots, strokes, seizures, toxic exposure, infections, metabolic disorders, neurotoxic poisoning, lack of oxygen to the brain Surveliance - ANS-ongoing and systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of data used to describe and monitor a health event Epidemiology - ANS-branch of medical science that deals with incidence, distribution and control of disease in a population prevalence - ANS-the number of cases of a disease present during a particular interval of time; often expressed as a rate Prevalence of TBI - ANS-3.17-5.3 million TBI in the US (third in prevalence): 10 million if stroke included (3.8% of US population) : 2nd most prevalent incidence each year - ANS-1.4 million people sustain a TBI each year deaths each year - ANS-50,000 deaths occurance - ANS-every 23 seconds