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| Anterograde (Posttraumatic) Amnesia |
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| Inability to remember events after an injury |
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Usually occur following diffuse impact to the head (such as falls or MVAs)
Generally result from extension of a linear fracture to the base of the skull and can be difficult ot diagnose with a radiograph (x-ray) |
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| Bruising behind an ear over the mastoid process that may indicate a skull fracture |
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| Injury in which the brain has been injured but the skin has not been broken and there is no obvious bleeding |
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| A temporary loss or alteration of part or all of the brain's abilities to function without actual physical damage to the brain |
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| Nerves in the spinal cord that connect the motor and sensory nerves |
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Dual impacting of the brain into the skull
Coup injury occurs at the point of impact
contrcoup injury occurs on the opposite side of impact, as the brain rebounds |
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| The actio of pulling the spine along its length |
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| An accumulation of blood between the skull and the dura mater |
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| A head position in which the patient's ees are looking straight ahead and the head and torso are in line |
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| The recommended procedure for moving a patient with suspected spinal injury from the ground to a long backboard |
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| The cushion that lies between two vertebrae |
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Bleeding within the brain tissue itself
Also refrred to as an intraparenchymal Hematoma |
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| Intracranial Pressure (ICP) |
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| The pressure within the cranial vault |
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| Actions of the body that are not under a person's conscious control |
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Account for 80% of skull fractures
Also referred to as nondisplaced skull fractures
Commonly occur in the temporal-parietal region of the skull
Not associated with deformities to the skull |
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| The distinct layers of tissue that surround and protect the brain and the spinal cord within the skull and spinal canal |
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| Injury to the head that is often caused by a penetrating object in which there may be bleeding and exposed brain tissue |
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| An injury to the brain and its associated structures that is a direct result of impact to the head |
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| Bruising under the eyes that may indicate a skull fracture |
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| The inability to remember events leading up to a head injury |
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| Secondary (Indirect) Injury |
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The "after effects" of the primary injury
Includes abnormal processes such as cerebral edema, increased ICP, cerebral ischemia and hypoxia, and infection
Onset is often delayed following the primary brain injury |
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| Bleeding into the subarachnoid space, where the cerebrospinal fluid circulates |
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| An accumulation of blood beneath the dura mater but outside the brain |
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| A partial or incomplete dislocation |
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| Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) |
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| A traumatic insult to the brain capablr of producing physical, intellectual, emotional, social, or vocational changes |
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| Actions that we consciously perform, in which ssensory input or conscious thought determines a specific muscular activity |
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Dura Mater
Arachnoid
Pia Mater |
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