CBIS Exam| 502 Questions| With Complete Solutions

* 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, post traumatic amnesia more than 1 day but less than 7 days * Glasgow Coma Scale 13-15 correct answer: 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 answer: Cell body Axon Dendrites * 2.5 million TBIs correct answer: 53,000 deaths (2%) 284,000 hospitalizations (11%) 2,214,000 ED visits (87%) * Coup-contrecoup correct answer: When the brain accelerates in one directions, it rebounds in the opposite direction * Acquired 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 of brain function or other evidence of brain pathology caused by an external force * Incidence correct answer: Rate or range of occurrence * Prevalence correct answer: Number of people with a g