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Certified Brain Injury Specialist Exam
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4 Ts
Ans: Elements affecting sexual energy
within a marriage.
Time together; talking together; trusting each other; touching
each other
504 Plan
Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Ans: A written plan developed by a general
education school committee outlining
accommodations to be made by a K-12 or
post-secondary school that receives federal
funds for a student with a disabling condition
that substantially limits a major life activity.
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
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Ans: Also known as dementia pugilistica, refers to a condition,
diagnosed after death, relative to multiple concussions caused
by significant force. A progressive degenerative disease that is
most often sustained by athletes participating in contact
sports, where it is sometimes termed punch drunk. May also be
observed in domestic violence victims or abused children who
have sustained numerous blows to the head. It begins very
slowly with deterioration in concentration, attention, memory,
judgment, and insight, occasionally accompanied by di iness and
headaches. Severe symptoms of eventually show symptoms of
Parkinsonism, including disturbed coordination, slowed gait,
slurred speech, masked facies, difficulty swallowing and
tremors.zz
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
Ans: An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, co ngenital,
degenerative, or induced by birth trauma
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Ans: an alteration in brain function, or other evidence of brain
pathology, caused by an external force
closed injuries
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Ans: Can cause brain lacerations and contusions, or
intracerebral hemorrhage within the brain causing focal
injuries. i.e. coup-countercoup, and/or diffuse injury resulting
from tearing or shearing of axons i.e. Diffuse axonal injury (DAI)
Open injuries
Ans: Breach of the skull or a breach of the meninges. These
injuries often result in focal injuries (such as epidural or SDH, or
ICH) or penetrating injury i.e. gunshot wound
Mild TBI (mTBI)
Ans: Can have either brief or no loss of consciousness and its
presentation may demonstrate vomiting, lethargy, di iness, and
inability to recall what just happened.zz
Moderate TBI
Ans: Will be marked by unconsciousness for any period of time
up to 24hours, will have neurological signs of brain trauma,
including skull fractures with contusion or bleeding, and may
have focal findings on an electroencephalograph
(EEG)/computed tomography (CT) scan.
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Normal or abnormal structural imaging; LOC >30m in and <24
hr; AOC >24 hr severity based on other criteria; PTA >1 and <7
days; GCS = 9-12
Severe TBI
Ans: Marked by a period of loss of consciousness of 24 hours or
greater.
Normal or abnormal structural imaging; LOC >24 hr; PTA >7
days; GCS = 3-8
Incidence
Ans: occurrence; i.e. a certain number of brain injuries within a
given year.
Prevalence of Injury
Ans: The number of people with a given condition (i.e. ABI) at a
specific point in time
Mild Brain Injury (mBI)
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Certified Brain Injury Specialist Exam
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
4 Ts
Ans: Elements affecting sexual energy
within a marriage.
Time together; talking together; trusting each other; touching
each other
504 Plan
Section 504 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Ans: A written plan developed by a general
education school committee outlining
accommodations to be made by a K-12 or
post-secondary school that receives federal
funds for a student with a disabling condition
that substantially limits a major life activity.
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
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Ans: Also known as dementia pugilistica, refers to a condition,
diagnosed after death, relative to multiple concussions caused
by significant force. A progressive degenerative disease that is
most often sustained by athletes participating in contact
sports, where it is sometimes termed punch drunk. May also be
observed in domestic violence victims or abused children who
have sustained numerous blows to the head. It begins very
slowly with deterioration in concentration, attention, memory,
judgment, and insight, occasionally accompanied by di iness and
headaches. Severe symptoms of eventually show symptoms of
Parkinsonism, including disturbed coordination, slowed gait,
slurred speech, masked facies, difficulty swallowing and
tremors.zz
Acquired Brain Injury (ABI)
Ans: An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, co ngenital,
degenerative, or induced by birth trauma
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Ans: an alteration in brain function, or other evidence of brain
pathology, caused by an external force
closed injuries
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Ans: Can cause brain lacerations and contusions, or
intracerebral hemorrhage within the brain causing focal
injuries. i.e. coup-countercoup, and/or diffuse injury resulting
from tearing or shearing of axons i.e. Diffuse axonal injury (DAI)
Open injuries
Ans: Breach of the skull or a breach of the meninges. These
injuries often result in focal injuries (such as epidural or SDH, or
ICH) or penetrating injury i.e. gunshot wound
Mild TBI (mTBI)
Ans: Can have either brief or no loss of consciousness and its
presentation may demonstrate vomiting, lethargy, di iness, and
inability to recall what just happened.zz
Moderate TBI
Ans: Will be marked by unconsciousness for any period of time
up to 24hours, will have neurological signs of brain trauma,
including skull fractures with contusion or bleeding, and may
have focal findings on an electroencephalograph
(EEG)/computed tomography (CT) scan.
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Normal or abnormal structural imaging; LOC >30m in and <24
hr; AOC >24 hr severity based on other criteria; PTA >1 and <7
days; GCS = 9-12
Severe TBI
Ans: Marked by a period of loss of consciousness of 24 hours or
greater.
Normal or abnormal structural imaging; LOC >24 hr; PTA >7
days; GCS = 3-8
Incidence
Ans: occurrence; i.e. a certain number of brain injuries within a
given year.
Prevalence of Injury
Ans: The number of people with a given condition (i.e. ABI) at a
specific point in time
Mild Brain Injury (mBI)
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