Types of tbi injuries - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

CDH Paramedic Entrance Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass What are the normal respirations of adults? Infants? 12-20 and 20-40 What is the purpose of surfactant? Reduces surface tension in alveoli (lubricant) What is the normal stimulus to breathe in a healthy patient? Carbonic drive What is a pink puffer? Blue Bloater? A COPD Patient with Emphysema. A COPD Patient with Chronic Bronchitis What causes inhalation? Diaphragm and Intercostal muscles contract Where are the different lung sound...

Final Exam: NR574/ NR 574 (2023/2024 New Update) Acute Care Practicum Review | Week 5-8 | Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct- Chamberlain QUESTION TBI (traumatic brain injury) clinical findings headache dizziness fatigue memory loss confusion difficulty concentrating nausea and/or vomiting drowsiness, stupor, coma blurred or double vision seizure coma irregular or dilated pupils cranial nerve palsy speech impairment motor weakness or paralysis QUESTION Types...

A difference in pupil size greater then 1.0 mm correct answer: Is considered abnormal If both eyes are fialated but not reactive to light correct answer: Brain stem injury is probable If csf is draining from nose or ears you should suspect? correct answer: Basilar skull fracture Different types of scalp injuries? correct answer: Avulsions abrasions, lacerations Types of skull fractures correct answer: Linear, basilar, mandible, depressed, nasal, mid-faced Conplaing of missing...

CRRN flashcards Questions and Answers 2023 ethical dilemma When a person or group is forced to choose between 2 equally difficult actions because they are both right or they are both wrong, or both contain uncertainty Code of Ethics Established by ANA; Provides a framework for nurses to use in ethical analysis and decision making; 9 provisions living will Legal document that allows a person to make his or her wished regarding medical care, illness or conditions that result in i...

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) - ANSWER injury that occurs after birth and includes injuries caused by external physical forces and those caused by internal insults to the brain Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - ANSWER Alternation to brain function caused by external forces What are the 4 types of acquired brain injury? - ANSWER 1. traumatic impact- open 2. traumatic impact- closed 3. traumatic inertial - DAI 4. non-traumatic injuries coup-countercoup injury - ANSWER with a blow to the hea...

Where and when should the MACE assessment be performed? correct answersBattalion Aid Station or higher How should you transport a casualty with a head injury? correct answersSupine Position For which casualties should a MACE assessment be performed? correct answersAny Service Member in a vehicle associated with a blast event, collision or rollover. Any Service Member within 50 meters of a blast (inside or outside). Anyone who sustains a direct blow to the head or repeated exposures resul...

CBIS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 **2 types of acquired brain injury - ANS-Traumatic and non-traumatic *2 mechanisms of TBI - ANS-traumatic impact (involving impact to the head) and traumatic inertial (noncontact brain injury) *2 sub-categories of impact injury - ANS-open injury (penetrating, skull fracture meninges breach), closed (non-penetrating) *Closed brain injury: can cause 2 things, examples - ANS--can cause brain lacerations/contusions, or intracerebral hemorrhage causing focal i...

Traumatic brain injury - correct answer an acquired brain injury due to damage to the brain as a result of the sudden application of mechanical energy from external physical forces Penetrating (open) TBI - correct answer when a foreign object enters the brain; pathology concentrated around the path of the intruding object Contact (closed) TBI - correct answer when the head suddenly at force comes into contact with a stationary object; brain compresses against the inner surface of the skull...

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) - ANSWER injury that occurs after birth and includes injuries caused by external physical forces and those caused by internal insults to the brain Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - ANSWER Alternation to brain function caused by external forces What are the 4 types of acquired brain injury? - ANSWER 1. traumatic impact- open 2. traumatic impact- closed 3. traumatic inertial - DAI 4. non-traumatic injuries coup-countercoup injury - ANSWER with a blow to the hea...

CCT Exam 3 Questions and Answers Already Passed Which of the following is the highest score possible for a patient using the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)? 15 The Circle of Willis is a complex system of arterial flow at: at the base of the skull Pain in the left shoulder considered a classic sign of splenic rupture is known as: Kehr's sign Liver injuries will cause pain in the right upper quadrant along with right shoulder pain as blood accumulates around the diaphragm. The pain in ...