ITLS Head Trauma: Questions/Solutions (Complete)
Primary Brain Injury Right Ans - immediate damage to the brain tissue that
is the direct result of an injury force
Coup Right Ans - an injury to the brain the area of original impact
Contracoup Right Ans - an injury to the brain on the opposite side of the
original impact
Secondary Brain Injury Right Ans - an injury to the brain that is the result
of hypoxia or decreased perfusion of brain tissue after a primary injury.
Hypoventilation Right Ans - Increase in the level of CO2 promoting
cerebral vasodilation and increases ICP
Hyperventilation Right Ans - Is an decrease in the level of CO2 causing
vasoconstriction and decreasing blood flow.
Resp rate for Head injury Right Ans - 8-10
ICP Right Ans - pressure of the brain and contents within the skull
CPP Right Ans - pressure of the blood flowing throughout the brain.
MAP Right Ans - the sum of the diastolic blood pressure + 1/3 (systolic-
diastolic BP)
Cushings reflex Right Ans - a reflex in which the body reacts to increased
intracerebral pressure by raising the blood pressure.
Cerebral Herniation Syndrome Right Ans - a critical syndrome in which
swelling of the brain forces portions of the brain tissue down through the
opening of the base of the skull squeezing the brain stem and causing coma,
dilation of pupils, contralateral paralysis, elevated BP and bradycardia.
Concussion Right Ans - Brief disruption of neural function that results in
loss of consciousness, sometimes without.
Primary Brain Injury Right Ans - immediate damage to the brain tissue that
is the direct result of an injury force
Coup Right Ans - an injury to the brain the area of original impact
Contracoup Right Ans - an injury to the brain on the opposite side of the
original impact
Secondary Brain Injury Right Ans - an injury to the brain that is the result
of hypoxia or decreased perfusion of brain tissue after a primary injury.
Hypoventilation Right Ans - Increase in the level of CO2 promoting
cerebral vasodilation and increases ICP
Hyperventilation Right Ans - Is an decrease in the level of CO2 causing
vasoconstriction and decreasing blood flow.
Resp rate for Head injury Right Ans - 8-10
ICP Right Ans - pressure of the brain and contents within the skull
CPP Right Ans - pressure of the blood flowing throughout the brain.
MAP Right Ans - the sum of the diastolic blood pressure + 1/3 (systolic-
diastolic BP)
Cushings reflex Right Ans - a reflex in which the body reacts to increased
intracerebral pressure by raising the blood pressure.
Cerebral Herniation Syndrome Right Ans - a critical syndrome in which
swelling of the brain forces portions of the brain tissue down through the
opening of the base of the skull squeezing the brain stem and causing coma,
dilation of pupils, contralateral paralysis, elevated BP and bradycardia.
Concussion Right Ans - Brief disruption of neural function that results in
loss of consciousness, sometimes without.
