Glasgow Coma Scale
These are the 4 scores of GCS Eye opening response
4. Spontaneously
3. To speech
2. To pain
1. No response
Bruising under the eyes
What are raccoon eyes
This system controls our voluntary movements
What is the Somatic nervous system
An accumulation of blood between the skull and Dura Mater
The name of a device used to immobilise c-spine
Cervical collar
These are the five Scores of GCS Verbal response
5. Oriented
4. Confused
3. Inappropriate words
2. Incomprehensible sounds
1. No response
Bruising behind an ear over the mastoid process
What are battle signs
These are the five sections of the vertebrae
Inability to remember events after an injury
Anterograde (posttraumatic) amnesia
A device used to extricate a patient from a seated position in a car
What is a KED
These are the six scores of GCS Motor responses
6. Obeys commands
5. Moves to pain
4. Withdraws from pain
3. Decorticate
2. Decerebrate
1. No response
a breathing pattern that alternates between periods of deep breathing, shallow breathing, and apnea.
Cheyne stokes respirations
This section of the spine has 12 vertebrae
What is thoracic
Injury to the brain capable of producing physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and vocational changes
What is a Traumatic brain injury
A device used to move patients supine from one location to another
What is a back board
The GCS of a patient that is making inappropriate words, opens their eyes and withdraws from pain.
What is a GCS score of 9
Fractures which commonly occur in the temporal region and are not associated with deformities to the skull.
What are linear skull fractures
This is the largest structure in the skull
What is the Cranium?
Inability to remember events leading up to an injury
What is Retrograde amnesia?
Manual airway manoeuvre for a person with a suspected spinal injury
What is a Jaw-thrust
The GCS score associated with a comatose patient
What is 8 or less
Injury to the head, often caused by a penetrating object in which there may be bleeding and exposed brain tissue
What is an open head injury?
Three layers of tissue that surround and protect the brain and the spinal cord
What are Meninges
An accumulation of blood beneath the dura mater but outside of the brain
What is a subdural Haematoma
You are looking for this during a head-to-toe assessment
DCAP-BTLS