CBIS Exam questions and answers with complete solutions.

CBIS Exam questions and answers with complete solutions. * Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) 3-8 - correct answers.Severe TBI; normal or abnormal structural imaging. LOC over 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia over 7 days * Glasgow Coma Scale 9-12 - correct answers.Moderate TBI; LOC over 30 minutes but less than 24 hours; alteration of consciousness over 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia more than 1 day but less than 7 days * Glasgow Coma Scale 13-15 - correct answers.Mild TBI; normal imaging; LOC 0-30 minutes, alteration of consciousness up to 24 hours, post traumatic amnesia up to 1 day * 3 parts of neuron - correct answers.Cell body Axon Dendrites * 2.5 million TBIs - correct answers.53,000 deaths (2%) 284,000 hospitalizations (11%) 2,214,000 ED visits (87%) * Coup-contrecoup - correct answers.When the brain accelerates in one directions, it rebounds in the opposite direction * Acquired Brain Injury - correct answers.An injury to the brain that is not hereditary, congenital, degenerative or induced by birth trauma * Traumatic Brain Injury - correct answers.An alteration of brain function or other evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force * Incidence - correct answers.Rate or range of occurrence * Prevalence - correct answers.Number of people with a given condition at a specific point in time * What determines the effects of brain injury? - correct answers.Injury severity Age at injury Alcohol misuse Domestic violence Service in military Participation in sports * Concussion - correct answers.Mild TBI caused by bump, blow or jolt to head that can change the way the brain works (or a fall) Can occur in any sport or recreation activity Memory loss May or may not lose consciousness * 2.5 million people sustained TBI in 2010 - correct answers. * Brain Stem - correct answers.Top of spinal column Central point for all incoming and outgoing information and basic life functions * Limbic System - correct answers.Emotions and basic feelings * Frontal Lobe Damage - correct answers.Executive function/personality Lack of control of behaviors, poor short term memory and working memory * Broca's Area - correct answers.Located in lower portion of motor cortex (left frontal-temporal lobe) Expression- production of speech * Wernicke's Area - correct answers.Located in left temporal parietal area Receptive- understanding of speech * Risk of TBI after first injury - correct answers.3x greater for 2nd injury * Risk of TBI after second injury - correct answers.8x greater for 3rd injury * Alcohol and TBI - correct answers.37%-51% of brain injuries 22% of drivers aged 15-20 involved in fatal MVAs had been drinking 56% not wearing seat belts * Neurons - correct answers.Communicating cells * Frontal Lobe - correct answers.Primary motor cortex and prefrontal cortex Planning, organizing, problem solving, judgment, impulse control, decision making, working memory, emotional control, motivation, verbal expression * Occipital Lobe - correct answers.Visual stimuli processing Brain Injury in Prisons - correct answers.2 million people in prisons have a brain injury not recognized, diagnosed or treated Female inmates convicted of violent crime are more likely to have sustained a pre crime TBI or other form of physical abuse Lost Productivity - correct answers.Loss of earning potential, payment of taxes and the re-investment of earnings into the economy Neurogenic Bladder - correct answers.Affected cerebral structures that control bladder storage and emptying functions Incontinence Spasticity - correct answers.Increase in muscle tone resulting in abnormal motor patterns Faster stretch = stronger spasm Monitor for sedating effects of meds Dura Mater - correct answers.Outer layer of meninges; heavy covering Bleed in this area: subdural hematoma Arachnoid Layer - correct answers.2nd layer of meninges; similar to spider web Bleed in this area: subdural hematoma Pia Mater - correct answers.3rd layer of meninges; molds around sulci and gyri of brain Synapse - correct answers.Junction between cells Action Potential - correct answers.Electrical impulse fired Brain stem areas - correct answers.Medulla Pons Midbrain Cerebellum - correct answers.Lower back section of brain Coordinates, modulates and stores all body movement Occipital Lobes - correct answers.Primary visual center Visual cortex connected to eyes by optic nerves Interprets visual info (recognize size, color, light, motion, dimensions) Occipital Lobe Damage - correct answers.Visual-pereptual-motoric distortions