TBI Final Exam

Just talking to a client with TBI can help with

Which is not included in parietal lobe functions?

Education and training/condition can take months/years in this phase

_______ this accounts for the largest percentage of TBI related deaths (31.8%)

1.7 billion TBIs contribute to a ____ of all injury-related deaths in US

What are the 4 phases of life for TBI survivor?

Alcohol is not a major factor in TBIs

Which is not a deficit with TBI in the occipital lobe?

Which is NOT an acute assessment for TBI

Wheelchair positioning should be

Problems with _____+______ occur in Limbic system

Which is NOT common with TBI

Changes in personality may occur from TBI in the frontal lobe

Involvement of the frontolateral cortex in a focal injury causes all except

Which is not a function of the temporal lobe?

TBI in this lobe affects processing body information

All TBI are from force

Alteration in brain function, or other evidence of brain pathology caused by external force

This is a sign of a serious brain injury

This person had a stroke and is having trouble draw or follow a map-which lobe was affected

Your client is a level 10, they won’t need additional time for daily activities anymore

What’s important to know about our TBI patients?

Young males and over half cases include alcohol increasing risk of TBI

Modified ashworth scale measures

Your client shows localized responses, sometimes reacts to direct stimuli

Diffuse injuries are a huge safety risk

Which is not included in a focal injury

Coup-contrecoup phenomenon is

This approach increases self-reliance

After TBI patient is __x more likely to have 2nd TBI and ___x more likely to have a 3rd TBI

This causes the greatest frustration after a focal injury

Which is not a result of dynamic loading

Distorted emotions, difficult perception, long term memory, balance + mvmt

Interventions used such as sensibly stimulation are to:

Family education includes 3 phases:

Adaptive tools can help with cognitive function

Which awareness level do we want to achieve with TBI patients?

______ is the main cause of a TBI

Diffuse injuries are all over and cause impairments except:

Problems with emotional control, Brocas aphasia, and some motor are which lobe

Focal injuries are more localized

Short term memory loss occurs in TBI in the Limbic system

Your client is in inpatient rehab, confused-appropriate, responds accurately to demands

Bed positioning should be

causes TBI due to impact to head from direct blows/sudden mvmts by blows to other body parts

Which nerve can be stretched when edema, bleeding or tumor expands the skull

A client has difficulty dressing, is angered, and difficulty with appropriate behavior

On the GCS anything above 9 is severe brain injury

______found to be more effective than PROM to decrease contracture

Cranial nerves are unaffected with TBI