What is TBI?
A loss of consciousness, can be brief or last for days, weeks, or years. The longer a person is unconscious, the more severe the injury.
What is a coma?
The amount of Americans living with a disability as a result of TBI
What are 5.3 million Americans (2% of the US population)?
A motor vehicle safety prevention
What is wearing seatbelts?
The first thing you should do when you arrive on scene to a patient with a possible TBI.
What is checking for scene safety?
The range of TBI.
What is mild to severe?
A brief loss of consciousness (seconds to minutes) and/or a temporary loss of normal brain function with a good prognosis for recovery.
What is a concussion?
The amount of Americans who sustain a TBI each year.
What are 1.5 million Americans?
A safety precaution you can take
What is avoiding drugs and alcohol (answers may vary)?
Use to measure LOC.
What is the Glasgow Coma Scale?
The majority of TBI's sustained each year.
What are concussions or mild TBI's?
An injury that is confined to a specific area of the brain causing localized damage.
What is a focal injury?
The amount of people who die each year from TBI.
What is more than 50,000 people?
Helmets
What is the device you wear on your head to avoid injury?
Airway, breathing, compressions
What is CPR?
This gender is 4 times more susceptible to TBI.
What are men?
Bleeding into the brain tissue.
What is a hemorrhage?
The amount of seconds one person in the U.S. sustains a TBI.
What are 21 seconds?
Preventing falls/trips
What is removing hazards in and around a work area?
Directing the patient to remain still, evaluating orientation, and performing a rapid trauma assessment.
How should you treat a TBI patient, specifically one who is conscious?
Undamaged areas of the brain may assume the functions of nearby damaged areas.
What is Plasticity?
Occurs when an artery is compressed by the swelling of surrounding tissues, restricting blood flow and its essential nutrients
What is an infarction (stroke)?
The amount of Americans who obtain a long term disability following a TBI every year.
What are 80,000 Americans?
A prevention for accidental gun shot wounds.
What is locking up firearms?
The device placed on a patient's neck after evaluating the head and neck for injury?
What is a cervical collar?
The amount of dollars annually spent in the U.S. for patients with TBI.
What is 48.3 billion dollars?