Neurological Trauma TCRN Exam
Question And Answers 2025
What is the most common blunt mechanism of injury that causes
traumatic brain injury (TBI)? - correct answers ✅✅Motor Vehicle
Crash (MVC)
What is the most common mechanism of TBI in pediatric patients?
- correct answers ✅✅Fall
What is it called when a moving object impacts a stationary
object? - correct answers ✅✅Acceleration injury
What does acceleration injury mean? - correct answers ✅✅When
a moving object impacts the head; A bat hitting a head.
What does a deceleration injury mean? - correct answers
✅✅When the head hits a stationary object. Like a windshield.
What is it called when a brain injury occurs without any impact to
the head itself? - correct answers ✅✅Indirect injury
What does indirect injury mean? - correct answers ✅✅When the
head moves in the cranial vault but has not hits anything; shaken
baby syndrome or whiplash
Following a gunshot to the head, the bullet is found within the
cranial vault. What type of injury is this? - correct answers
✅✅Penetrating injury
, Neurological Trauma TCRN Exam
Question And Answers 2025
Does a penetrating injury have an additional exit point? - correct
answers ✅✅No
What is a perforating cranial injury? - correct answers ✅✅When
the object has an exit wound.
What is a tangential injury? - correct answers ✅✅When a bullet
glances off the skull.
Do retained bullet or skull fragments left in the brain significantly
increase infection risks? - correct answers ✅✅No
Following an impact to the head, an injury to the brain occurs on
the opposite side of the impact. What is this injury called? -
correct answers ✅✅Contre-coup injury
Where does a coup injury occur? - correct answers ✅✅At site of
impact.
What type on injury results in diffuse axonal injury (DAI) to the
brain? - correct answers ✅✅Rotational injury
What is a rotational injury and what can result? - correct answers
✅✅Shaking or strong rotation of the head like shaken baby
syndrome. Shearing of brain tissue can occur.
Question And Answers 2025
What is the most common blunt mechanism of injury that causes
traumatic brain injury (TBI)? - correct answers ✅✅Motor Vehicle
Crash (MVC)
What is the most common mechanism of TBI in pediatric patients?
- correct answers ✅✅Fall
What is it called when a moving object impacts a stationary
object? - correct answers ✅✅Acceleration injury
What does acceleration injury mean? - correct answers ✅✅When
a moving object impacts the head; A bat hitting a head.
What does a deceleration injury mean? - correct answers
✅✅When the head hits a stationary object. Like a windshield.
What is it called when a brain injury occurs without any impact to
the head itself? - correct answers ✅✅Indirect injury
What does indirect injury mean? - correct answers ✅✅When the
head moves in the cranial vault but has not hits anything; shaken
baby syndrome or whiplash
Following a gunshot to the head, the bullet is found within the
cranial vault. What type of injury is this? - correct answers
✅✅Penetrating injury
, Neurological Trauma TCRN Exam
Question And Answers 2025
Does a penetrating injury have an additional exit point? - correct
answers ✅✅No
What is a perforating cranial injury? - correct answers ✅✅When
the object has an exit wound.
What is a tangential injury? - correct answers ✅✅When a bullet
glances off the skull.
Do retained bullet or skull fragments left in the brain significantly
increase infection risks? - correct answers ✅✅No
Following an impact to the head, an injury to the brain occurs on
the opposite side of the impact. What is this injury called? -
correct answers ✅✅Contre-coup injury
Where does a coup injury occur? - correct answers ✅✅At site of
impact.
What type on injury results in diffuse axonal injury (DAI) to the
brain? - correct answers ✅✅Rotational injury
What is a rotational injury and what can result? - correct answers
✅✅Shaking or strong rotation of the head like shaken baby
syndrome. Shearing of brain tissue can occur.
