Think about it
Cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem
What are the 3 parts of the brain
Carry information from the CNS to the muscles
What are motor nerves
A mild form of TBI that causes temporary dysfunction. Signs and symptoms typically appear rapidly and gradually improve
What is a concusion
Priapism
An erection that takes place after severe spinal injury
Eye-opening, verbal response, motor response
What are things the GCS used to determine neurological statis
controls a wide variety of activities, including most voluntary motor functions and conscious thought
What is the cerebrum
Somatic nervous system
What handles voluntary activities
Sudden and brief loss of consciousness. Patients often wake up and experience progressive deterioration in consciousness
What is an epidural hematoma
P.M.S.
What is pulse, motor, and sensation that is assessed to determine deficits
Meningitis
What is an inflammation of the meningies called
controls most functions necessary for life, including the cardiac and respiratory systems and nerve function transmissions
What is the brainstem
When confronted with a threatening situation, this system reacts to the stress with a fight-or-flight response.
What is the sympathetic nervous system
Often found in alcoholics and elderly fall patients. Veinous bleeding that occurs below the dura mater and signs and symptoms progress slowly
What is a subdural hematoma
Trauma pt has B/P 180/100, P 56, R 8...You suspect
What is TBI with increased ICP
Countercoup injury
What is the injury the results when the brain is slammed into the skull and is injured on the opposite side of the impact of the skull
coordinates balance and body movements
What is the cerebellum
This nervous system causes blood vessels to dilate, slowing the heart rate, and relaxing the muscle sphincters.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system
Decorticate posturing
What is flexing posturing, and is part of the Glasgow Coma Scale
Retrograde amnesia
Inability to remember what happened before the accident
24 Y/O Pt has a severe head injury from MVA. B/P 86/56, P 124, R 24. Your diagnosis is...
What is hypovolemic shock from internal injuries
The outer layer is a tough, fibrous layer that forms a sac to contain the CNS.
What is the dura mater
It is produced in a chamber inside the brain called the third ventricle and primarily acts as a shock absorber.
What is CSF?
No hypoxia, No hypertension, No hyperventilation
What are three devastating things to avoid when caring for a patient with suspected TBI
Cushing Relex
What increased B/P, bradycardia, Cheyne-stokes breathing
18 Y/O pt dove into the river. Now, she has no motor or sensor movement below the nipple line. Pt lying on a sandbar in the middle of the river. List steps in treatment and transport
What is scene safety, C-Color, backboard, basket stretcher, hypothermia, neurogenic shock