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Anterograde Inability to remember events after an injury.
(Posttraumatic) Amnesia
Usually occur following diffuse impact to the head
(such as falls, motor vehicle crashes); generally
Basilar Skull Fractures result from extension of a linear fracture to the base
of the skull and can be difficult to diagnose with a
radiograph (x-ray).
Bruising behind an ear over the mastoid process
Battle's Sign
that may indicate a skull fracture.
Cerebral Edema Swelling of the brain.
Injury in which the brain ahs been injured but the
Closed Head Injury skin has not been broken and there is no obvious
bleeding.
A temporary loss or alteration of part of all of the
Concussion brain's abilities to function without actual physical
damage to the brain.
Nerves in the spinal cord that connect the motor
Connecting Nerves
and sensory nerves.
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Dual impacting of the brain into the skull; coup
injury occurs at the point of impact; Contrecoup
Coup-Contrecoup Injury
injury occurs on the opposite side of impact, as the
brain rebounds.
Distraction the action of pulling the spine along its length.
An accumulation of blood between the skull and
Epidural Hematoma
the dura mater.
A head position in which the patient's eyes are
Eyes-Forward Position looking straight ahead and the head and torso are in
line.
The recommended procedure for moving a patient
Four-Person Log Roll with a suspected spinal injury from the ground to a
long backboard.
Intervertebral Disk The cushion that lies between two vertebrae.
Bleeding within the brain tissue (parenchyma) itself;
Intracerebral Hematoma
also referred to as an intraparenchymal hematoma.
ICP Intracranial Pressure.
Intracranial Pressure (ICP) The pressure within the cranial vault.
Actions of the body that are not under a person's
Involuntary Activities
conscious control.
Account for 80% of skull fractures; also referred to
as nondisplaced skull fractures; commonly occur in
Linear Skull Fractures
the temporal-parietal region of the skull; not
associated with deformities to the skull.
Three distinct layers of tissue that surround and
Meninges protect the brain and the spinal cord within the skull
and the spinal canal.
Injury to the head often caused by a penetrating
Open Head Injury object in which there may be bleeding and exposed
brain tissue.
An injury to the brain and its associated structures
Primary (Direct) Injury
that is a direct result of impact to the head.
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Bruising under the eyes that may indicate a skull
Raccoon Eyes
fracture.
The inability to remember events leading up to a
Retrograde Amnesia
head injury.
The "after effects" of the primary injury; includes
abnormal processes such as cerebral edema,
Secondary (Indirect)
increased intracranial pressure, cerebral ischemia
Injury
and hypoxia, and infection; onset is often delayed
following the primary brain injury.
Subarachnoid Bleeding into the subarachnoid space, where the
Hemorrhage cerebrospinal fluid circulates.
An accumulation of blood beneath the dura mater
Subdural Hematoma
but outside the brain.
Subluxation A partial or incomplete dislocation.
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury
A traumatic insult to the brain capable of producing
Traumatic Brain Injury
physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and
(TBI)
vocational changes.
Actions that we consciously perform, in which
Voluntary Activities sensory input or conscious thought determines a
specific muscular activity.
insufficient development of the brain resulting in
some level of dysfunction or impairment. Can
developmental disability
include intellectual, hearing, or vision impairments
that surface during infanthood or childhood
a group of complex disorders of brain development
autism spectrum disorder characterized by difficulties in social interaction,
(ASD) repetitive behaviors, and verbal and nonverbal
communication
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a genetic chromosomal defect that can occur
during fetal development and that results in
intellectual impairment as well as certain physical
down syndrome characteristics such as a round head with a flat
occiput and slanted wide set eyes. Increased
maternal age and family history are known risk
factors for this condition.
these are the may appear slow to understand, limited vocabulary
characteristics of a immature behavior
developmentally
disabled patient
severe behavioral problems, repetitive motor
activities,
characteristics of autism impairment in verbal and nonverbal skills, difficulty
making eye contact, has trouble answering open
ended questions and monotone speech
these are the most sensorineural deafness and conductive hearing loss
common forms of
hearing loss
a permanent lack of hearing caused by a lesion or
sensorineural deafness
damage of the inner ear
hearing loss caused by a faulty transmission of
conductive hearing loss sounds waves. can be caused by an accumulation of
wax within the ear canal or a perforated eardrum
a plastic tube placed within the tracheostomy site
tracheostomy tube
(stoma)
if this malfunction occurs, remove the patient from
ventilator malfunction this devise and begin bag-valve-mask ventilations
via the tracheostomy hole
this is a device implanted under the patients skin to
internal cardiac
regulate the heart rate. (document the type of
pacemaker
pacemaker)
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