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4N051 SSgt WAPS - Full SKT Exam Questions and
Answers. [2023/2024 RATED A+]100% PASS.
Anterograde (Posttraumatic) Amnesia - correct answer ✅Inability to remember
events after an injury.

Basilar Skull Fractures - correct answer ✅Usually occur following diffuse impact to
the head (such as falls, motor vehicle crashes); generally, result from extension of
a linear fracture to the base of the skull and can be difficult to diagnose with a
radiograph (x-ray).



Battle's Sign - correct answer ✅Bruising behind an ear over the mastoid process
that may indicate a skull fracture.



Cerebral Edema - correct answer ✅Swelling of the brain.



Closed Head Injury - correct answer ✅Injury in which the brain ahs been injured
but the skin has not been broken and there is no obvious bleeding.



Concussion - correct answer ✅A temporary loss or alteration of part of all of the
brain's abilities to function without actual physical damage to the brain.




Connecting Nerves - correct answer ✅Nerves in the spinal cord that connect the
motor and sensory nerves.

,4N051 SSgt WAPS - Full SKT Exam Questions and
Answers. [2023/2024 RATED A+]100% PASS.

Coup-Contrecoup Injury - correct answer ✅Dual impacting of the brain into the
skull; coup injury occurs at the point of impact; Contrecoup injury occurs on the
opposite side of impact, as the brain rebounds.



Distraction - correct answer ✅the action of pulling the spine along its length.



Epidural Hematoma - correct answer ✅An accumulation of blood between the
skull and the dura mater.



Eyes-Forward Position - correct answer ✅A head position in which the patient's
eyes are looking straight ahead and the head and torso are in line.



Four-Person Log Roll - correct answer ✅The recommended procedure for moving
a patient with a suspected spinal injury from the ground to a long backboard.



Intervertebral Disk - correct answer ✅The cushion that lies between two
vertebrae.



Intracerebral Hematoma - correct answer ✅Bleeding within the brain tissue
(parenchyma) itself; also referred to as an intraparenchymal hematoma.

,4N051 SSgt WAPS - Full SKT Exam Questions and
Answers. [2023/2024 RATED A+]100% PASS.

ICP - correct answer ✅Intracranial Pressure.



Intracranial Pressure (ICP) - correct answer ✅The pressure within the cranial
vault.



Involuntary Activities - correct answer ✅Actions of the body that are not under a
person's conscious control.



Linear Skull Fractures - correct answer ✅Account for 80% of skull fractures; also
referred to as nondisplaced skull fractures; commonly occur in the temporal-
parietal region of the skull; not associated with deformities to the skull.



Meninges - correct answer ✅Three distinct layers of tissue that surround and
protect the brain and the spinal cord within the skull and the spinal canal.



Open Head Injury - correct answer ✅Injury to the head often caused by a
penetrating object in which there may be bleeding and exposed brain tissue.



Primary (Direct) Injury - correct answer ✅An injury to the brain and its associated
structures that is a direct result of impact to the head.

, 4N051 SSgt WAPS - Full SKT Exam Questions and
Answers. [2023/2024 RATED A+]100% PASS.

Raccoon Eyes - correct answer ✅Bruising under the eyes that may indicate a skull
fracture.



Retrograde Amnesia - correct answer ✅The inability to remember events leading
up to a head injury.



Secondary (Indirect) Injury - correct answer ✅The "after effects" of the primary
injury; includes abnormal processes such as cerebral edema, increased
intracranial pressure, cerebral ischemia and hypoxia, and infection; onset is often
delayed following the primary brain injury.



Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - correct answer ✅Bleeding into the subarachnoid
space, where the cerebrospinal fluid circulates.



Subdural Hematoma - correct answer ✅An accumulation of blood beneath the
dura mater but outside the brain.



Subluxation - correct answer ✅A partial or incomplete dislocation.



TBI - correct answer ✅Traumatic Brain Injury

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