Traumatic Brain Injuries And Anoxic Brain Injuries

Question 1

What can acquired brain injuries be

Answer 1

Traumatic
or non traumatic- which are a result of stroke, infections, tumours surgical complications, endocrine disorders drug reactions, anoxia

Question 2

What’s a traumatic brain injury

Answer 2

Injury to the brain caused by trauma to the head many possible causes

Question 3

Causes of TBI

Answer 3

Automobile accidents, slipping, falling, being shaken violently, sports related acts

Question 4

Types of TBI

Answer 4

Closed head injuries, diffuse axonial injury, coup contraction concussion, temporary disruption of brain function, intracranial haematoma- ruptured blood vessel results in pool of blood around brain or between brain and skull, cerebral contusion- bleeding on the brain

Question 5

What are open wound injuries

Answer 5

Often life threatening occur when a blow occurs that is forceful enough to penetrate the skull

Question 6

What are crushing injuries

Answer 6

Occur when the brain is compressed between 2 objects, although rare most damaging and life threatening

Question 7

Signs and symptoms

Answer 7

Difficulty concentrating or confusion changes in consciousness, dizziness, headaches, vomiting, mood changes and behaviour, swelling and site of the injury difficulty with speech, changes in vision, hallucination

Question 8

What’s a vegetative state

Answer 8

Severe, sleep cycles, no conscious awareness of themselves or surroundings

Question 9

Minimally conscious state

Answer 9

Show limited signs of awareness. And response to stimulation, difficult to remain responsive or awake for any length of time

Question 10

What’s locked in syndrome

Answer 10

Condition where someone is aware of themselves or surroundings but unable to move or speak

Question 11

What’s anoxic brain injury

Answer 11

Occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygen, left without oxygen for too long, neural cells begin to die through apoptosis when a large number of brain cells die patients can be left with diminished brain function

Question 12

Causes of anoxic brain injury

Answer 12

Stroke, TIA, anaphylactic shock, pneumothorax, electrocution, low blood pressure, oxygen deprivation at birth, physical attack, drug overdose

Question 13

Types of anoxic brain injuries

Answer 13

Diffuse cerebral hypoxia, focal cerebral ischaemia, global cerebral ischaemia, cerebral infarction

Question 14

Immediate Signs and symptoms of ABI

Answer 14

Confusion, loss of consciousness, feeling woozy or dizzy , intense headache, vomiting, changes in behaviour or sensation

Question 15

Signs and symptoms of all acquired BIA

Answer 15

Dependent on area of the brain affected, frontal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe, parietal lobe, brain stem, cerebellum

Question 16

Signs and symptoms

Answer 16

Behaviour and personality changes, difficulty with previously unchallenging tasks, changes in relationships difficulty with memory, trouble recognising familiar people, new fears or phobias, psychological symptoms, frequent headaches