Traumatic Brain Injury Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers

A comatose is A. Period of unconsciousness lasting more than six hours with individual is unable to be awakened and is unresponsive to sensory stimuli b. A vegetative state continues longer than four weeks c. When a person has problems with executive functions d. retrograde and anterograde memory loss Correct Answer a. a period of unconciousness lasting more than 6 hours with the individual unable to be awakened and is unresponsive to sensory stimuli (T/F/) The Glasgow Coma Scale or Rancho Los Amigos Levels of Cognitive Functioning for adults are both scales for evaluating comas. Correct Answer true (T/F) A concussion is not a TBI Correct Answer false Describe Coup-Contrecoup Correct Answer acceleration-deceleration injury where the brain slams back and forth causing damage to either side of the brain Danger signs in adults with concussions include: a. Weakness b. Confusion c. Slurred speech d. All of the above Correct Answer d. all of the above Traumatic brain injuries occur as a result of.... a. Damage to the brain resulting from an external and forceful event b. Damage to the brain resulting from disease c. Damage to the brain resulting from a stroke d. Damage to the brain resulting from surgery Correct Answer a. damage to the brain resulting from an external and forceful event The most at risk population for traumatic brain injuries are... a. Adolescent females b. Children under the age of 4 c. Adults over the age of 75 d. Previous sufferers of TBI e. B, C, and D Correct Answer e. b,c, d Closed head injuries have.... a. Coup and contrecoup impacts b. Broken the skull open c. Penetrated the cerebral meninges surrounding the brain d. Focal damage where penetration into the brain occurred Correct Answer a. coup and contrecoup impacts Which of the following is NOT true with regard to mild traumatic brain injury?