* 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
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