Combat Medic ALC 300-68W-C45 Final Exam Traumatic Brain Injury Management Exam Questions & Answers (Grade A+).docx

Combat Medic ALC 300-68W-C45 Final
Exam Traumatic Brain Injury
Management Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)
What is the Dura Mater? -
correct answer ✅The Dura Mater is the tough outermost
membrane layer of the meninges.


What is the Arachnoid Mater? -
correct answer ✅It is a spider-web matrix of vessels and fibers that
spread through this intermediate meninx.


What is the Pia Mater? -
correct answer ✅The highly vascular and innermost layer of the
meninges firmly adheres to the brain.


What is Cerebral Spinal Fluid (CSF)? -
correct answer ✅Cerebral spinal fluid occupies the subarachnoid
space and flows through the ventricles of the brain.


What is a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)? -
correct answer ✅The result of external mechanical forces
impacting the head causes the brain to accelerate and decelerate
within the cranial vault.

, Combat Medic ALC 300-68W-C45 Final
Exam Traumatic Brain Injury
Management Exam Questions &
Answers (Grade A+)

What is a Primary Injury? -
correct answer ✅The primary injury results in irreversible damage
to the brain tissue.


What is Secondary Injury? -
correct answer ✅It is the indirect result of a primary brain injury
that can result in ischemia or elevated intracranial pressure.


What are Diffuse (multifocal injuries)? -
correct answer ✅Multiple injuries to the central nervous system.


What is Intercranial Pressure (ICP)? -
correct answer ✅Intracranial Pressure is pressure within the skull
measured in mmHg.


What is Ischemia? -
correct answer ✅It is the insufficient blood supply to cellular
tissue.