BRAIN STORY CERTIFICATION TEST PAPER
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● After having a first TBI how much does it increase chances of a 2nd
TBI?
Answer: 3x greater to have a second TBI (risk of another is 8x higher)
●● What 2 age groups have the highest rates of falls causing TBI?
Answer: 0-4 and 75 years and older
●● The greatest number of TBI-related ER visits and hospitalizations are
caused by what?
Answer: falls
●● What is the leading cause of a TBI related death?
Answer: MVAs
●● What percentage of TBIs occur each year are concussions or other
forms of mild TBI?
Answer: 75%
,●● What 3 age groups are most likely to sustain a TBI?
Answer: adolescents (15-19), young adults (20-24) and adults (65 and
older)
●● Non accidental trauma is the cause of what percentage of deaths
from head trauma in children under 2 years old (child abuse)?
Answer: 80% (Males>females)
●● How many children under 3 years old are physically abused and
have TBIs?
Answer: two thirds
●● At any age, who has a higher rate fo TBI? Male of female?
Answer: Male
●● Over 71% of all sports and recreation related TBI ED vists were
among which age group?
Answer: males and persons age 10-19
●● The greatest number of sports and recreation related TBIs were from
which sports?
Answer: Bicycling, football, playground activities, basketball and soccer
,●● Alcohol intoxication at the time of injury is established between what
percent of brain injuries?
Answer: 37-51%
●● Studies show that between 25-87% of inmates report having
experienced a TBI compared to what rate in the general population?
Answer: 8.5%
●● A study found what percent of women victims of domestic violence
also had symptoms of associated brain injury?
Answer: 67%
●● How much is the annual cost of brain injury?
Answer: $76 billion (lost productivity and medical costs)
●● Individuals are how much more likely to die of a seizure disorder
compared to the general population
Answer: 22x greater
●● What precent of TBI is present in individuals with SCI?
Answer: 60%
●● Olmstead Decision
, Answer: a ruling made by the US supreme court requiring the provision
of community based services when such services are available and not
opposed by that patient in question, as opposed to being institutionalized
●● TBI Act of 1996
Answer: Single most important piece of federal legislation for persons
with brain injury. This law acknowledged and set the stage for
subsequent funding of surveillance research on TBI, effectiveness
research, and improving systems of care
●● U.S. Department of education's National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
Answer: Established the TBI Model systems of care in 1987. Focus on
developing and demonstrating a model system of care for persons with
TBI, maintaining a standardized national database for innovative
analysis of TBI treatment and outcomes
●● The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Answer: the first federal civil rights legislation for people with
disabilities, this prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities
in hiring, placement and promotion decisions
●● Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Answer: Written plan developed by a general education school
committee outlining accommodations by made by the K-12 or post-
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
ANSWERS
●● After having a first TBI how much does it increase chances of a 2nd
TBI?
Answer: 3x greater to have a second TBI (risk of another is 8x higher)
●● What 2 age groups have the highest rates of falls causing TBI?
Answer: 0-4 and 75 years and older
●● The greatest number of TBI-related ER visits and hospitalizations are
caused by what?
Answer: falls
●● What is the leading cause of a TBI related death?
Answer: MVAs
●● What percentage of TBIs occur each year are concussions or other
forms of mild TBI?
Answer: 75%
,●● What 3 age groups are most likely to sustain a TBI?
Answer: adolescents (15-19), young adults (20-24) and adults (65 and
older)
●● Non accidental trauma is the cause of what percentage of deaths
from head trauma in children under 2 years old (child abuse)?
Answer: 80% (Males>females)
●● How many children under 3 years old are physically abused and
have TBIs?
Answer: two thirds
●● At any age, who has a higher rate fo TBI? Male of female?
Answer: Male
●● Over 71% of all sports and recreation related TBI ED vists were
among which age group?
Answer: males and persons age 10-19
●● The greatest number of sports and recreation related TBIs were from
which sports?
Answer: Bicycling, football, playground activities, basketball and soccer
,●● Alcohol intoxication at the time of injury is established between what
percent of brain injuries?
Answer: 37-51%
●● Studies show that between 25-87% of inmates report having
experienced a TBI compared to what rate in the general population?
Answer: 8.5%
●● A study found what percent of women victims of domestic violence
also had symptoms of associated brain injury?
Answer: 67%
●● How much is the annual cost of brain injury?
Answer: $76 billion (lost productivity and medical costs)
●● Individuals are how much more likely to die of a seizure disorder
compared to the general population
Answer: 22x greater
●● What precent of TBI is present in individuals with SCI?
Answer: 60%
●● Olmstead Decision
, Answer: a ruling made by the US supreme court requiring the provision
of community based services when such services are available and not
opposed by that patient in question, as opposed to being institutionalized
●● TBI Act of 1996
Answer: Single most important piece of federal legislation for persons
with brain injury. This law acknowledged and set the stage for
subsequent funding of surveillance research on TBI, effectiveness
research, and improving systems of care
●● U.S. Department of education's National Institute on Disability and
Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR)
Answer: Established the TBI Model systems of care in 1987. Focus on
developing and demonstrating a model system of care for persons with
TBI, maintaining a standardized national database for innovative
analysis of TBI treatment and outcomes
●● The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Answer: the first federal civil rights legislation for people with
disabilities, this prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities
in hiring, placement and promotion decisions
●● Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Answer: Written plan developed by a general education school
committee outlining accommodations by made by the K-12 or post-
