Traumatic Brain Injury Jeopardy

Etiology & Incidences

100

What causes Traumatic Brain Injury to occur?

TBI is caused by a bump, blow, or jolt to the head.

200

How severe is the severity of TBI?

The severity of TBI can range from mild to severe.

300

What is the number of people who sustain TBI each year?

1.7 million people sustain TBI annually.

400

What are the majority of TBI's that occur each year?

Majority of TBI's that occur each year are concussions or mild TBI's.

500

What is the number of people who die annually from a TBI?

52,000 die annually of a TBI.

Mechanisms of Injury

100

This type of injury results from bullet wounds, exhibits largely focal ddamage, and as a result, there is penetration to the skull. hint - effects can be just as serious as closed brain injury

Open Head Injury

200

This type of injury results from a slip and fall, motor vehicle crashes, has effects which tend to be diffused, and there is no penetration to the skull.

Closed Head Injury

300

The brain and surrounding membranes are very prone to infections if the special blood-brain protective system is breached. Virusus and bacteria can cause serious and life-threatening diseases of the brain

Infections

400

If blood flow is blocked through a cerebral vascular accident, cell death is in the area deprived of blood will result. If there is bleeding in or over the brain because of a tear in an artery or vein, loss of blood flow and injury to the brain tissue by the blood will also result in brain damage.

Stroke

500

If the blood flow is depleated of oxygen, then irreversible brain injury can occur from no oxygen or reduced oxygen.

Hypoxia or Lack of Oxygen

TBI Classroom

100

Which clinical tool is used to measure the degree of spasticity in a muscle?

A. Rancho Los Amigos Scale

B. Modified Ashworth Scale

C. Glasgow Coma Scale

D. Disability Rating Scale

B. Modified Ashworth Scale

200

What is the term for the brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life?

A. Neuroplasticity

B. Neuromuscular re-education

C. Post-traumatic amnesia

D. Tone normalization

A. Neuroplasticity

300

Which type of the brain injury is caused by widespread damage across the brain, which results from the shearing of nerve fibers?

A. Focal injury

B. Coup injury

C. Diffuse injury

D. Contrecoup injury

C. Diffuse injury

400

What does a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 8 or less indicate?

A. Mild brain injury

B. Moderate brain injury

C. No brain injury

D. Severe brain injury 

D. Severe brain injury

500

Which Rancho Los Amigos Scale level is described as Confused-Agitated?

A. Level II

B. Level IV

C. Level V

d, Level VI

B. Level IV

TBI Fun

100

Name at least 2 symptoms of TBI.

Headaches, memory loss, fatigue, attention deficits, disorientation, dizziness

200

List one resource teachers can provide to a student with a frontal lobe injury. hint: frontal lobe injury affects problem solving, judgement, planning, emotions, and attention.

Teachers could provide a memory book, sequential lists to complete tasks, limit the number of steps in a task, use real life problems, use checklists to stay on track, model and demonstrate how you can get the answer, and structure thinking using graphs, charts, or timelines.

300

Name one strategy teachers could implement in the classroom for students with temporal lobe injuries. Hint: The temporal lobe controls memory, hearing, sequencing, and language.

Journal writing, a visible calendar with important dates, post a map of the city the students live in, label any cabinets or bins, use repetition, match learning style with instructional method (multiple intelligences), and have students stay with material longer than the class (extended time).

400

Provide 2 strategies teachers could use to assist students with occiptal lobe injuries. Hint: The occiptal lobe controls vision.

Decrease clutter, place text and objects in their view, provide large print books, provide books on tape, and give longer viewing times when introducing new concepts visually.

500

Name 2 strategies teachers could use to assist students with injuries to the cerebellum. Hint: The cerebellum manages balance, coordination, and skilled motor activity.

1. Assist the person with walking and moving positions as needed 2. Follow rec's from OT/PT 3. Decrease written assignments if writing is extremely difficult

TBI Classroom

100

Which term describes the inability to carry out a motor act on command, even though the person understands the task? 

A. Ideational apraxia

B. Ataxia

C. Ideomotor apraxia

D. Unilateral neglect

 C. Ideomotor apraxia

200

Why type of muscle tone is characterized by a complete lack of resistance, making muscles feel limp and floppy?

A. Flaccidity 

B. Spasticity

C. Rigidity

D. Hypertonicity

 A. Flaccidity

300

Which visual motor deficit involves involuntary, rhythmic eye movements that can make the visual world appear to jump or blur?

A. Nystagmus

B. Diplopia

C. Saccadic dysfunction 

D. Visual neglect

A. Nystagmus

400

Which stage of TBI recovery focuses on sensory stimulation, positioning to prevent contractures, and basic self-care?

A. Post-acute rehabilitation stage

B. Early stage

C. Impatient rehabilitation stage

D. Long-term recovery stage

B. Early stage

500

Which assessment tool is used to track a person's recovery from a state of coma to community reintegration? 

A. Glasgow Coma Scale

B. Rancho Los Amigos Scale

C. Disability Rating Scale (DRS)

D. Modified Ashworth Scale

C. Disability Rating Scale (DRS)