PNH 301 TEST 1 WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS | ALREADY PASSED
Linear Skull Fracture - Answer- break in continuity of bone without alteration of
relationship parts. Cause: low impact
Depressed Skull Fracture - Answer- Indentation of skull. Cause: powerful blow
Simple Skull Fracture - Answer- Linear or depressed skull fracture without
fragmentation or communicating lacerations. Cause: low to moderate impact
Comminuted Skull Fracture - Answer- Multiple linear fractures with fragmentations of
bone into many piece. Cause: direct high impact
Seizure Trigger Identification - Answer- stress, missed medications, flickering lights,
lack of sleep, heat or humidity
Seizure Precautions - Answer- safety, airway, breathing, circulation
Multiple Sclerosis - Answer- chronic, progressive, degenerative autoimmune disorder of
the CNS, characterized my disseminated demyelination of nerve fibres of the brain,
spinal cord, and the optic nerves.
MS manifestations - Answer- rapid, progressive deterioration in some individuals.
MS subjective data - Answer- residence in cold or temperate climates, weight loss,
dysphagia, urinary frequency, muscle weakness, blurred vision.
Increased ICP Causes - Answer- - Mass lesions
- Head injuries
- Infections
- Vascular conditions
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) - Answer- eyes, verbal, movement
NIHSS Stroke Scale - Answer- looks at LOC, orientation, speech, and motor function.
Stroke - Answer- An interruption of arterial blood flow to the brain resulting in tissue
damage.
Two Types of Strokes - Answer- ischemic and hemorrhagic
, Signs of Stroke - Answer- Face, Arms, Speech, Time
Frontal Lobe - Answer- Movement, intellectual function, emotions, memory
Parietal Lobe - Answer- Sense of touch and visual perceptions
Temporal Lobe - Answer- Hearing and speech
Occipital Lobe - Answer- Vision
Brain Stem - Answer- Vital functions
Cerebellum - Answer- Coordinated movements (steady gait)
Left Side of Brain - Answer- controls movement on right side of body, ability to speak,
comprehend words.
Right Side of Brain - Answer- controls left side of body, spatial abilities.
Traumatic Head Injury - Answer- Result of a blow or jolt to the head.
Scalp Lacerations - Answer- Most minor type of head trauma, profuse bleeding.
Skull Fractures - Answer- Linear, depressed, comminuted, open
Closed head injury - Answer- concession, contusion, laceration, coup-contrecoup,
diffuse axonal injury
Loss of consciousness less than 5 minutes - Answer- mild brain injury
no loss of consciousness - Answer- mild brain injury
head ache, nausea, fatigue - Answer- mild head injury
Loss of consciousness up to 6 hours - Answer- moderate brain injury
GCS 9-12 - Answer- moderate brain injury
GCS 3-8 - Answer- severe brain injury
ongoing monitoring in ICU - Answer- severe brain injury
intracerebral lacerations, intracranial haemorrhages - Answer- severe brain injury
hypotension, hypoxia, ischema, and cerebral edema - Answer- severe brain injury
SOLUTIONS | ALREADY PASSED
Linear Skull Fracture - Answer- break in continuity of bone without alteration of
relationship parts. Cause: low impact
Depressed Skull Fracture - Answer- Indentation of skull. Cause: powerful blow
Simple Skull Fracture - Answer- Linear or depressed skull fracture without
fragmentation or communicating lacerations. Cause: low to moderate impact
Comminuted Skull Fracture - Answer- Multiple linear fractures with fragmentations of
bone into many piece. Cause: direct high impact
Seizure Trigger Identification - Answer- stress, missed medications, flickering lights,
lack of sleep, heat or humidity
Seizure Precautions - Answer- safety, airway, breathing, circulation
Multiple Sclerosis - Answer- chronic, progressive, degenerative autoimmune disorder of
the CNS, characterized my disseminated demyelination of nerve fibres of the brain,
spinal cord, and the optic nerves.
MS manifestations - Answer- rapid, progressive deterioration in some individuals.
MS subjective data - Answer- residence in cold or temperate climates, weight loss,
dysphagia, urinary frequency, muscle weakness, blurred vision.
Increased ICP Causes - Answer- - Mass lesions
- Head injuries
- Infections
- Vascular conditions
Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) - Answer- eyes, verbal, movement
NIHSS Stroke Scale - Answer- looks at LOC, orientation, speech, and motor function.
Stroke - Answer- An interruption of arterial blood flow to the brain resulting in tissue
damage.
Two Types of Strokes - Answer- ischemic and hemorrhagic
, Signs of Stroke - Answer- Face, Arms, Speech, Time
Frontal Lobe - Answer- Movement, intellectual function, emotions, memory
Parietal Lobe - Answer- Sense of touch and visual perceptions
Temporal Lobe - Answer- Hearing and speech
Occipital Lobe - Answer- Vision
Brain Stem - Answer- Vital functions
Cerebellum - Answer- Coordinated movements (steady gait)
Left Side of Brain - Answer- controls movement on right side of body, ability to speak,
comprehend words.
Right Side of Brain - Answer- controls left side of body, spatial abilities.
Traumatic Head Injury - Answer- Result of a blow or jolt to the head.
Scalp Lacerations - Answer- Most minor type of head trauma, profuse bleeding.
Skull Fractures - Answer- Linear, depressed, comminuted, open
Closed head injury - Answer- concession, contusion, laceration, coup-contrecoup,
diffuse axonal injury
Loss of consciousness less than 5 minutes - Answer- mild brain injury
no loss of consciousness - Answer- mild brain injury
head ache, nausea, fatigue - Answer- mild head injury
Loss of consciousness up to 6 hours - Answer- moderate brain injury
GCS 9-12 - Answer- moderate brain injury
GCS 3-8 - Answer- severe brain injury
ongoing monitoring in ICU - Answer- severe brain injury
intracerebral lacerations, intracranial haemorrhages - Answer- severe brain injury
hypotension, hypoxia, ischema, and cerebral edema - Answer- severe brain injury
