ACBIS Module 1 || 100% Valid Answers.
What is Acquired Brain Injury correct answers an injury to the brain that occurs after birth and is
not hereditary, congenital, degenerative or induced by birth trauma
What is a traumatic brain injury? correct answers an alteration in brain function or other
evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force
What are the Characteristics of mild brain injury? correct answers Can have either brief or no
loss of consciousness
vomiting
lethargy
dizziness
inability to recall what just happened.
A person with a brain injury is at risk for developing a significant disability due to what three
reasons correct answers 1. awareness and understanding about brain injury remain fairly limited.
2. brain injury is frequently not identified
3. treatment is not always readily available
What are the two types of acquired brain injury correct answers traumatic and non-traumatic
What are two types of traumatic brain injury correct answers 1. Open (or penetrating) injury
2. Closed (or non penetrating) injury
What is the Glascow Coma Score? correct answers Injury severity rating
Characteristics of a moderate brain injury correct answers Unconsciousness for any period of
time up to 24 hours, will have neurological signs of brain trauma, including skull fractures with
contusion or bleeding and may have focal findings on an electroencephalograph (EEG) or
computed tomography (CT) scan
Characteristics of a severe brain injury correct answers Glasgow Coma Scale of 8 or less, Coma
longer than 24 hrs, bleeding in the brain, and signs on EEG or MRI
What is the incidence of brain injury? correct answers rate or range of occurrence, such as a
certain number of brain injuries in a certain year
What is the prevalence of brain injury? correct answers the number of people currently living
with a brain injury
What are the standards for a rehab facility? correct answers -Person centered practices that focus
on their health and safety;
-A robust performance measurement, management, and improvement system that focuses on
continuous improvement of both clinical and business practices;
-Delivery of quality services by competent and well trained personnel; and
, - Accountability to persons served, payers, and regulators.
What is the Olmstead decision: correct answers supreme court decision that people with
disabilities should not be kept in institutions and should be allowed more community treatment
options
Why is the Olmstead decision significant for TBI? correct answers The decision has resulted in
several federal and state initiatives that will make living in the community a reality for more
persons with disabilities
What is the single most important piece of federal legislation for persons with brain injury?
correct answers The TBI Act of 1996
What is mTBI correct answers concussion
What is the incidence of mTBI? correct answers 1.1 million people each year and 75% of all
TBI's in the US
What are the symptoms of mTBI? correct answers loss of consciousness, loss of memory from
before or after the incident, feeling dazed, experiencing confusion, decreased clear thinking,
uncertain to answer simple questions, not being able to tell what happened
What is axonal shearing? correct answers axons becoming twisted and disconnected
disinhibition correct answers engaging in behaviors on impulse without reflecting on potential
future consequences
What are the symptoms of mTBI? correct answers fatique, changes in vision, headaches, changes
in balance,
PPCS stands for what? correct answers Persistent post concussive symptoms
What is CTE and why is it significant correct answers A rare, progressive, degenerative
condition of the central nervous system, typically seen in repetitive brain trauma.
How can you reduce disability from mTBI? correct answers Early symptom intervention and
management
What is the incidence of PPCS? correct answers 10-15% of those who sustain a mTBI
How should you treat PPCS? correct answers Symptom-focused, driven by careful diagnoses,
and emphasize functional resolution and compensatory strategies
What are the risk factors for PPCS? correct answers Pending litigation, over 40, history of
substance abuse, low SES, traumatic injury, female, previous psych
What is Acquired Brain Injury correct answers an injury to the brain that occurs after birth and is
not hereditary, congenital, degenerative or induced by birth trauma
What is a traumatic brain injury? correct answers an alteration in brain function or other
evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force
What are the Characteristics of mild brain injury? correct answers Can have either brief or no
loss of consciousness
vomiting
lethargy
dizziness
inability to recall what just happened.
A person with a brain injury is at risk for developing a significant disability due to what three
reasons correct answers 1. awareness and understanding about brain injury remain fairly limited.
2. brain injury is frequently not identified
3. treatment is not always readily available
What are the two types of acquired brain injury correct answers traumatic and non-traumatic
What are two types of traumatic brain injury correct answers 1. Open (or penetrating) injury
2. Closed (or non penetrating) injury
What is the Glascow Coma Score? correct answers Injury severity rating
Characteristics of a moderate brain injury correct answers Unconsciousness for any period of
time up to 24 hours, will have neurological signs of brain trauma, including skull fractures with
contusion or bleeding and may have focal findings on an electroencephalograph (EEG) or
computed tomography (CT) scan
Characteristics of a severe brain injury correct answers Glasgow Coma Scale of 8 or less, Coma
longer than 24 hrs, bleeding in the brain, and signs on EEG or MRI
What is the incidence of brain injury? correct answers rate or range of occurrence, such as a
certain number of brain injuries in a certain year
What is the prevalence of brain injury? correct answers the number of people currently living
with a brain injury
What are the standards for a rehab facility? correct answers -Person centered practices that focus
on their health and safety;
-A robust performance measurement, management, and improvement system that focuses on
continuous improvement of both clinical and business practices;
-Delivery of quality services by competent and well trained personnel; and
, - Accountability to persons served, payers, and regulators.
What is the Olmstead decision: correct answers supreme court decision that people with
disabilities should not be kept in institutions and should be allowed more community treatment
options
Why is the Olmstead decision significant for TBI? correct answers The decision has resulted in
several federal and state initiatives that will make living in the community a reality for more
persons with disabilities
What is the single most important piece of federal legislation for persons with brain injury?
correct answers The TBI Act of 1996
What is mTBI correct answers concussion
What is the incidence of mTBI? correct answers 1.1 million people each year and 75% of all
TBI's in the US
What are the symptoms of mTBI? correct answers loss of consciousness, loss of memory from
before or after the incident, feeling dazed, experiencing confusion, decreased clear thinking,
uncertain to answer simple questions, not being able to tell what happened
What is axonal shearing? correct answers axons becoming twisted and disconnected
disinhibition correct answers engaging in behaviors on impulse without reflecting on potential
future consequences
What are the symptoms of mTBI? correct answers fatique, changes in vision, headaches, changes
in balance,
PPCS stands for what? correct answers Persistent post concussive symptoms
What is CTE and why is it significant correct answers A rare, progressive, degenerative
condition of the central nervous system, typically seen in repetitive brain trauma.
How can you reduce disability from mTBI? correct answers Early symptom intervention and
management
What is the incidence of PPCS? correct answers 10-15% of those who sustain a mTBI
How should you treat PPCS? correct answers Symptom-focused, driven by careful diagnoses,
and emphasize functional resolution and compensatory strategies
What are the risk factors for PPCS? correct answers Pending litigation, over 40, history of
substance abuse, low SES, traumatic injury, female, previous psych
