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4N051 SSgt WAPS - Full SKT Exam
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Anterograde (Posttraumatic) Amnesia - CORRECT
ANSWERS ✔✔Inability to remember events after an
injury.


Basilar Skull Fractures - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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 ANSWERS ✔✔Bruising
behind an ear over the mastoid process that may indicate
a skull fracture.


Cerebral Edema - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Swelling of
the brain.


Closed Head Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Injury in
which the brain ahs been injured but the skin has not
been broken and there is no obvious bleeding.


Concussion - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A temporary
loss or alteration of part of all of the brain's abilities to
function without actual physical damage to the brain.

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Connecting Nerves - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Nerves
in the spinal cord that connect the motor and sensory
nerves.


Coup-Contrecoup Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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 ANSWERS ✔✔the action of
pulling the spine along its length.


Epidural Hematoma - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An
accumulation of blood between the skull and the dura
mater.


Eyes-Forward Position - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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 ANSWERS ✔✔The
recommended procedure for moving a patient with a

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suspected spinal injury from the ground to a long
backboard.


Intervertebral Disk - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
cushion that lies between two vertebrae.


Intracerebral Hematoma - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Bleeding within the brain tissue (parenchyma) itself;
also referred to as an intraparenchymal hematoma.


ICP - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Intracranial Pressure.


Intracranial Pressure (ICP) - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔The pressure within the cranial vault.


Involuntary Activities - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔Actions of the body that are not under a person's
conscious control.


Linear Skull Fractures - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔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.

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Meninges - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔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 ANSWERS ✔✔Injury to
the head often caused by a penetrating object in which
there may be bleeding and exposed brain tissue.


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


Raccoon Eyes - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bruising
under the eyes that may indicate a skull fracture.


Retrograde Amnesia - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The
inability to remember events leading up to a head injury.


Secondary (Indirect) Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS
✔✔The "after effects" of the primary injury; includes
abnormal processes such as cerebral edema, increased
intracranial pressure, cerebral ischemia and hypoxia, and