level: Traumatic brain injury
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Traumatic brain injury
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Glasgow coma scale | Assesment of concious level based on motor resposne verbal and eye |
| What is a minor amount of time for loss of conciousneess | 30 mins |
| What does a longer PTA-- longer unable to form memories for indicate | Higher risk of cognitive impairment |
| Focal injury can cause | Contusion or haemhhorage |
| What about brain metabolism is different | heavy reliance on aerobic respiration |
| raised ICP symptoms | Hyperpyrexia, seizure activity, arterial blood pressure, hyponatraemia hypoproteinaemia |
| What is a brain contusion | Where the tissue is mixing with blood as brain swell begins to push on adjacent part of the brain which will become ischemic |
| Common sign of brain injury | Dilated pupils |
| how to treat seizures with head injury | Diazepam IV or rectal |
| What is mannitol | a diuretic used to force urine passage when someone presents with kidney failure/ trauma |
| Basal skull fracture may show symtoms such as | Racoon eyes |
| middle and posterior fossa fracture present with | CSF ottorhoea |
| Haemotympanum- | blood tympanic cavity of middle ear can cause conductive hearing loss |
| What is battles sign | Eccymosis of mastoid bone |
| Petrous fracture can cause | Facial nerve palsy |
| What cant patient do with basal skull fractures- | Fly or swim |
| Subdural haem. better or worse progno | worse |