CBIS Exam
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 3-8 Severe TBI; normal or abnormal structural imaging. LOC over 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia over 7 days * Glasgow Coma Scale 9-12 Moderate TBI; LOC over 30 minutes but less than 24 hours; alteration of consciousness over 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia more than 1 day but less than 7 days * Glasgow Coma Scale 13-15 Mild TBI; normal imaging; LOC 0-30 minutes, alteration of consciousness up to 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia up to 1 day * 3 parts of neuron Cell body Axon Dendrites * 2.5 million TBIs 53,000 deaths (2%) 284,000 hospitalizations (11%) 2,214,000 ED visits (87%) * Coup-contrecoup When the brain accelerates in one directions, it rebounds in the opposite directio
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