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1. Coup Bruising at direct impact 2. Countercoup Cranial Contents shift, temporal or posterior region 3. Mechanism of Coup-countercoup, where rapid acceleration of head hits directly, then crainial Injury : contents stop and shift then decelerate (dittuse injury) Acceleraiton-De- celeration 4. blunt trauma Direct impact 5. Penetrating Trau- Penetrates into the brain tissue ma 6. High velocity Gun shot wound trauma example 7. Low velocity trau- Swinging hammer ma example 8. Coup-Counter- Head hitting dashboard in MVC coup trauma example 9. 3 types of prima- 1. Scalp lac ry head injury 2. Skull Fracture 3. Brain Injury 10. Scalp Lac assess- Most common injury, ment Get good HPI, Ask about timing of last tetanus shot 11. Scalp Lac PE find- Profuse bleeding, Apply direct pressure if no underlying skull fracture, ings AHN 572 NEURO 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++ LATEST UPDATE 2025/2026 12. Monitor what for scalp lac 13. Scalp Lac treat- ment 14. 5 types of skull fractures s/s of hypotension & shock: tachycardia, decreased Urinary Output, AMS examine Thoroughly, clean before suturing. Sutures for face Staples for scalp 1. simple 2. depressed 3. compound 4. penetrating 5. basilar 15. Simple Skull Frac- No displacement of bone, requires no specific treatment ture 16. Depressed Skull Fracture 17. S/S depressed skull fracture 18. Treatment of De- pressed Skull Fracture 19. Compound Bone Skull Fracture 20. Penetrating skull fracture Fragment depressed into skull asymptomatic : possibly altered LOC Prophylactic antibiotic, tetanus if needed, seizure precaution and consult neuro- surgery Bone depressed and in part is sticking out through the skin Object penetrating into the skull and possibly brain tissue 21. Fracture in the floor of the skull Basilar Skull Frac- ture 22. Treatment for Basilar skull frac- ture 23. Identifying fea- tures of Basilar Skull Fracture 24. Testing for CSF lead 25. Two types of brain injury Prescribe prophylactic antibiotics 1. Raccoon eyes 2. Battle's Sign - Mastoid Ecchymosis 3. CSF leakage - rhinorrhea, or otorrhea CSF is high in glucose a

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1. Coup Bruising at direct impact

2. Countercoup Cranial Contents shift, temporal or posterior region

3. Mechanism of Coup-countercoup, where rapid acceleration of head hits directly, then
crainial
Injury : contents stop and shift then decelerate (dittuse injury)
Acceleraiton-
De-
celeration

4. blunt trauma Direct impact

5. Penetrating Penetrates into the brain tissue
Trau-
ma

6. High velocity Gun shot wound
trauma
example
7. Low velocity Swinging hammer
trau-
ma example

8. Coup-Counter- Head hitting dashboard in MVC
coup trauma
example

9. 3 types of 1. Scalp lac
prima-
ry head injury 2. Skull Fracture
3. Brain Injury

10. Scalp Lac Most common injury,
assess-
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, ment Get good HPI,
Ask about timing of last tetanus shot

11. Scalp Lac PE Profuse bleeding, Apply direct pressure if no underlying skull fracture,
find-
ings
AHN 572 NEURO 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++ LATEST UPDAT
2025/2026




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,12. Monitor what s/s of hypotension & shock:
for scalp lac tachycardia, decreased Urinary Output, AMS
13. Scalp Lac examine Thoroughly, clean before suturing.
treat- ment Sutures for face
Staples for scalp

14. 5 types of 1. simple
skull 2. depressed
fractures 3. compound
4. penetrating
5. basilar

15. Simple Skull Frac- No displacement of bone, requires no specific treatment
ture

16. Depressed skull fracture
Skull Fracture

17. S/S
depressed
skull
fracture

18. Treatment of
De- pressed
Skull Fracture

19. Compound
Bone Skull
Fracture

20. Penetrating
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, Fragment depressed into skull if needed, seizure precaution and consult neuro- surgery


asymptomatic : possibly altered Bone depressed and in part is sticking out through the skin
LOC

Object penetrating into the skull and possibly brain tissue
Prophylactic antibiotic, tetanus

21. Fracture in the floor of the skull




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