SSGT WAPS TEST BANK QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● Basilar Skull Fractures
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
Answer: Bruising behind an ear over the mastoid process that may
indicate a skull fracture.
●● Cerebral Edema
Answer: Swelling of the brain.
●● Closed Head Injury
Answer: Injury in which the brain ahs been injured but the skin has not
been broken and there is no obvious bleeding.
●● Concussion
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
Answer: Nerves in the spinal cord that connect the motor and sensory
nerves.
●● Coup-Contrecoup Injury
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
Answer: the action of pulling the spine along its length.
●● Epidural Hematoma
Answer: An accumulation of blood between the skull and the dura mater.
●● Eyes-Forward Position
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
Answer: The recommended procedure for moving a patient with a
suspected spinal injury from the ground to a long backboard.
,●● Intervertebral Disk
Answer: The cushion that lies between two vertebrae.
●● Intracerebral Hematoma
Answer: Bleeding within the brain tissue (parenchyma) itself; also
referred to as an intraparenchymal hematoma.
●● ICP
Answer: Intracranial Pressure.
●● Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
Answer: The pressure within the cranial vault.
●● Involuntary Activities
Answer: Actions of the body that are not under a person's conscious
control.
●● Linear Skull Fractures
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
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
Answer: Injury to the head often caused by a penetrating object in which
there may be bleeding and exposed brain tissue.
●● Primary (Direct) Injury
Answer: An injury to the brain and its associated structures that is a
direct result of impact to the head.
●● Raccoon Eyes
Answer: Bruising under the eyes that may indicate a skull fracture.
●● Retrograde Amnesia
Answer: The inability to remember events leading up to a head injury.
●● Secondary (Indirect) Injury
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.
VERIFIED ANSWERS FULL REVIEW
●● Basilar Skull Fractures
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
Answer: Bruising behind an ear over the mastoid process that may
indicate a skull fracture.
●● Cerebral Edema
Answer: Swelling of the brain.
●● Closed Head Injury
Answer: Injury in which the brain ahs been injured but the skin has not
been broken and there is no obvious bleeding.
●● Concussion
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
Answer: Nerves in the spinal cord that connect the motor and sensory
nerves.
●● Coup-Contrecoup Injury
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
Answer: the action of pulling the spine along its length.
●● Epidural Hematoma
Answer: An accumulation of blood between the skull and the dura mater.
●● Eyes-Forward Position
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
Answer: The recommended procedure for moving a patient with a
suspected spinal injury from the ground to a long backboard.
,●● Intervertebral Disk
Answer: The cushion that lies between two vertebrae.
●● Intracerebral Hematoma
Answer: Bleeding within the brain tissue (parenchyma) itself; also
referred to as an intraparenchymal hematoma.
●● ICP
Answer: Intracranial Pressure.
●● Intracranial Pressure (ICP)
Answer: The pressure within the cranial vault.
●● Involuntary Activities
Answer: Actions of the body that are not under a person's conscious
control.
●● Linear Skull Fractures
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
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
Answer: Injury to the head often caused by a penetrating object in which
there may be bleeding and exposed brain tissue.
●● Primary (Direct) Injury
Answer: An injury to the brain and its associated structures that is a
direct result of impact to the head.
●● Raccoon Eyes
Answer: Bruising under the eyes that may indicate a skull fracture.
●● Retrograde Amnesia
Answer: The inability to remember events leading up to a head injury.
●● Secondary (Indirect) Injury
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.
