CERTIFIED BRAIN INJURY SPECIALIST(CBIS) TESTS COMPILATION BUNDLE

Acute Brain Injury correct answer: An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative, or induced by birth trauma Traumatic Brain Injury correct answer: An alteration in brain function, or other evidence of brain pathology, caused by an external force 2 Mechanisms *trau...

Nuerocognitive Issues Assoicated with Frontal Lobe correct answer: Emotional control, behavioral control, verbal expression, problem solving, decision making, social control, attention, motivation Acquired BI correct answer: An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital or degenerat...

Dementia correct answer: Must be coupled with a functional limitation in everyday life due to the cognitive change PPCS correct answer: Always includes neuropsychological assessment, psychiatric history, psychological response to previous injuries, available support system, and current coping s...

"Surveillance" is defined as correct answer: Ongoing and systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of data used to describe and monitor a health event An Open Head Injury occurs when the skull is broken and the brain is exposed- true or false correct answer: True An Acquired Brain...

Following a TBI, a person's legal rights... correct answer: don't change; if it only if they can't enact rights themselves that they will need a legal rep 4 types of law correct answer: common, constitutional, statutory, and administrative Common law correct answer: developed from court ...

* Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 3-8 correct answer: Severe TBI; normal or abnormal structural imaging. LOC over 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia over 7 days * Glasgow Coma Scale 9-12 correct answer: Moderate TBI; LOC over 30 minutes but less than 24 hours; alteration of consciousness over 24 hours, ...

Why is Brain Injury considered the silent epidemic? correct answer: Many problems that result from a brain injury are not always readily apparent. a. The effects of the brain injury (BI), such as changes in thinking, may not be readily apparent to an outside observer b. Negative consequences ...

Diffused axonal injury correct answer: With closed injuries, there can also be more diffuse injury resulting from tearing or shearing of axons. It is the most common form of damage to the brain. TBI is a contributing factor to what fraction of all injury related deaths in the US correct answer: ...

lost productivity correct answer: one measure of the cost to society due to injury or disease; includes the loss of wages a person would have earned if they had not become unemployable due to disability, loss of taxes contributing to economy, costs to the government of supporting the individual, et...

Attention Process Training (APT) correct answer: component of a hierarchically organized, process-specific approach to cognitive rehab Categorization Program correct answer: therapeutic approach aimed at remediation of deficits in both object categorization and decision-making consolidation ...

Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) correct 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) correct answer: Alternation to brain function caused by external forces What are ...

"Surveillance" is defined as: A. Watching a doorway to make sure no patient or client exits B. An impairment of the optic nerve C. Ongoing systemic collection, analysis and interpretation of data correct answer: C True or False: An "Open Head Injury" occurs when the skull is broken an...

Cognitive Rehabilitation rests in what fundamental principles correct answer: Neuroplasticity and Adaptability The spinal cord is ... correct answer: part of the central nervous system The National Institute on Disability and Rehab Research (NIDRR) provide funding for correct answer: TBI Gr...

DOC stands for... correct answer: Disorders of consciousness Number of people per year in a vegetative state correct answer: 4,200 Number of people per year with a DOC correct answer: 315,000 3 classifications for DOC correct answer: Coma, vegetative state, MCS Coma correct answer: ...