Types of tbi - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Where and when should the MACE assessment be performed? correct answer: Battalion Aid Station or higher How should you transport a casualty with a head injury? correct answer: Supine Position For which casualties should a MACE assessment be performed? correct answer: Any 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...

**2 types of acquired brain injury - ️️Traumatic and non-traumatic *2 mechanisms of TBI - ️️traumatic impact (involving impact to the head) and traumatic inertial (non-contact brain injury) *2 sub-categories of impact injury - ️️open injury (penetrating, skull fracture meninges breach), closed (non-penetrating) *Closed brain injury: can cause 2 things, examples - ️️-can cause brain lacerations/contusions, or intracerebral hemorrhage causing focal injuries, diffuse axonal...

Types of Head Injury Ans: HI is any trauma to the: - Skull - Scalp - Brain Serious form of head injury: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Head Injury - predictors of poor outcomes Ans: - Intracranial haematoma - Older age - Abnormal motor responses - Impaired/absent eye movements or pupillary light reflexes - Early, sustained hypotension, hypoxaemia or hypercapnia 2 - Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score on arrival: •If <8, there is a 30-70% chance of survival •If >8, survival ra...

what is neurogenic dysphagia? correct answers any issue with swallowing safely or efficiently caused by a neurogenic disease what are the causes of neurogenic dysphagia? correct answers -Parkinson's -Huntington's -TBI -CVA/stroke -MS -ALS -Guillian-Barre Syndrome -Alzheimer's -Brain tumors -Bulbar/Pseudobulbar Palsy -Myathenia Gravis -Neurotoxins where can the location of the problem that causes dysphagia be (in neurogenic dysphagia) correct answers brain or CNS -cerebra...

BMTCN Review Chapter 4 - Transplant Preparative Regimens, Cellular Infusion, Acute Complications, and EngraftmentTRANSPLANT PREP REGIMENS - correct answer Treatment leading up to transplant Acronyms: Ara-C BCNU BU Cy DLT SCT TBI - correct answer Cytarabine Carmustine Busulfan Cyclophosphamide Dose limiting toxicity DStem cell transplant Total body irradiation Induction chemotherapy - correct answer The first treatment given for a disease. It is often part of a standard set of ...

68W LPC Exam With Complete Solutions Is the study of substances that interact with living organisms through chemical processes pharmacology Is the science of substances used to prevent, diagnose, and treat disease Medical pharmacology The reason or conditions for which a particular medication is given Indication The amount of medication given at or within a specified period of time Dose The largest amount of medication either as a single dose or within a period time (suc...

RESNA ATP EXAM - ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY TERMS EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, GRADED A+/ Impairment - -Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physical or anatomical structure or function. DYSARTHIA - -Motor SPEECH DISORDER. Difficult in pronouncing words. mouth muscles are weak or do not move. may also have respiratory problems. found in stroke and cancer patients. APRAXIA - -Oral motor muscles loose function, unable to speak with meaningfull utterances. DISORDER OF MOTOR PLANNING....

NURS 3000 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS UPDATED (GRADED) what is normal glucose levels? - ANSWER 4-7 What is the normal pH of blood? - ANSWER 7.35-7.45 what is the normal PaCO2 value? - ANSWER 35-45 PaO2 normal range - ANSWER 75-100 mmHg What is the normal HCO3 value? - ANSWER 22-26 what is the normal level of hematocrit? - ANSWER Men- 41%-50% Women- 36%-44% normal blood hemoglobin levels - ANSWER Men- 135-170g/L Women- 120-160g/L what is the normal duration of a P wave? - ANSWER 0....

what is neurogenic dysphagia? correct answers any issue with swallowing safely or efficiently caused by a neurogenic disease what are the causes of neurogenic dysphagia? correct answers -Parkinson's -Huntington's -TBI -CVA/stroke -MS -ALS -Guillian-Barre Syndrome -Alzheimer's -Brain tumors -Bulbar/Pseudobulbar Palsy -Myathenia Gravis -Neurotoxins where can the location of the problem that causes dysphagia be (in neurogenic dysphagia) correct answers brain or CNS -cerebra...

Med-Surg Success A Course Review Applying Critical Thinking to Test Taking .Everything you need to Ace your Med-Surg course! .Complete review of Core Medical-Surgical concepts .More than 2000 classroom tested NUCLEX-style Questions. UNDERSTANDING THE TYPES OF NURSING QUESTIONS Components of a Multiple-Choice Question A multiple-choice question is called an item. Each item has two parts. The stem is the part that contains the information that identifies the topic and its parameters and...